Master Card - Engineering Manager - Java/React.js (5-7 yrs)

Our Purpose :

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide.

Together with our customers, were helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper.

We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible.

Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title And Summary :

Manager, Software Engineering (Java/Spring Boot, React,).

Who is Mastercard ?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry.

Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible.

Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company.

With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview :

Mastercard is looking for a talented Manager, Software Engineering to join the Mastercard Foundry Research and Development team in Pune.

In this role you will be part of a highly agile team building exiting and innovative products delivered at scale to global markets.

Our team is built on a foundation of research and development, mining innovation internally, innovating new product lines with emerging technology, managing new products from inception to market validation and engaging strategically with start-ups to shape the future of commerce with and for our customers.

At Mastercard you will help define the future of commerce globally.

This team will have a diverse focus both in terms of geography and variety of technology challenges driving hard to bring innovative payment solutions to market.

Role :

This role involves managing a team of talented developers to develop high performance solutions.

As a Manager, Software Engineering, You Will :

- Manage, coach, and develop a cross-functional engineering team.

- Provide strategic technical and product direction for applications, architectures, and software development processes.

- Design and develop new, complex technical products from inception to release.

- Partner with product development on the product roadmap, scoping features, and planning releases.

- Champion technical innovation and high quality within the team.

- Collaborate across teams and business units to solve complex problems.

- Lead goal setting and accountability practices within the engineering team.

- Continuously experiment and innovate to develop a high performing engineering team.

- Be a strong individual contributor to the implementation efforts of product solutions.

- Lead with an agile mindset and pivot fast and often as new information surfaces.

- Keep senior stakeholders informed of progress and incorporate input into technical decisions.

- Identify short term and long-term engineering needs to scale platform solutions to meet customer demand.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications :

- Experience leading engineering teams and/or coaching and mentoring junior teammates.

- Experience leading the design and implementation of large, complex features in full-stack applications.

- Experience leading a large technical effort that spans multiple people and teams.

- Proficiency with Java/Spring Boot, React, Redux, Typescript, and SQL Server or other object-oriented languages, front-end frameworks, and/or relational database technologies.

- Strong technologist with proven track record of learning new technologies and frameworks.

- Customer-centric development approach.

- Passion for analytical / quantitative problem solving.

- Experience identifying and implementing technical improvements to development processes.

- Collaboration skills with experience working with people across roles and geographies.

- Motivation, creativity, self-direction, and desire to thrive on small project teams.

- Superior academic record with a degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

All About You :

The ideal candidate for this position should :

- Loves creating innovative solutions to problems in a collaborative fun environment.

- Advanced knowledge and understanding of modern software engineering concepts and methodologies including design patterns in distributed computing, service orchestration and microservices.

- Passionate about software development and comfortable in a fluid environment.

- Passionate about code quality and coding best practices.

- Show initiative and demonstrate a willingness to take on challenging opportunities.

- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and strong collaboration skills.

- Must be driven, highly motivated and a strong team-player.

- Interested in mentoring and helping grow the skills of the next generation of software developers.

Corporate Security Responsibility :

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

- Abide by Mastercards security policies and practices;.

- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;.

- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and.

- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercards guidelines.