Director, Software Engineering

Our Purpose

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Title and Summary

Director, Software Engineering

Overview

Mastercard strives to be the trusted network for empowering small businesses to grow and thrive through compelling products and solutions accessible from our B2B customers and partners. This segment is central to Mastercard's growth strategy - not only because of the impact Small & Medium Enterprises have on local, regional, and global economies but also because of their significant role in the payment ecosystem as buyers and sellers.

Role

As a Director, Software Engineering in the SME Org, you will be overseeing the product build for Access to Capital – This team will be focused on all the products/functionality to enable SMEs to Access Capital. This domain will be accountable to create systems/components that can manage the lifecycle of an SME from the need for capital, streamlining the search for sources, enabling lenders with visibility/confidence to lend to SMEs, and the end-to-end process involved in this journey.

Responsibilities

• Formally supervise and coach 5+ teams of engineers to build, enhance, and support multiple applications/services in the delivery of internal or market-facing Products, Platforms, or Product bundles.
• Oversee the management of the Software Engineering group and acts as the highest authority on high-level and complex decisions within the function.
• Work with business/product owners to develop and deliver on new services to introduce new products and bundles.
• Work on complex enterprise-wide initiatives spanning multiple services/programs and drives resolution.
• Ensure objectives and development plans are established at the start of the year and reviewed continuously throughout the year.
• Recruit and hire the right talent, always bringing in someone better than at least half the individuals in the role.
• Continuously engage and improve teams’ performance by conducting recurring 1-1 meetings, knowing your people, managing career development, and understanding who is at risk.
• Provide and facilitate timely feedback, coaching in the moment, and mentoring for staff at all levels.
• Emulate and drive Mastercard Way behaviors through their behavior, recognitions, coaching, and employee engagement.
• Manage and optimize budgets, forecasting, and cost allocation while delivering on business needs in the area of ownership.
• Provides strategic thinking and leadership related to a wide range of applications and systems, or software-development methodologies.
• Benchmark and drive engineering productivity, quality, and technology policy compliance in the areas of ownership.

Experience

• IT experience with successful track record in managing medium scale development organization (5+ teams) with demonstrated thought-leadership, cross-functional influence, and partnership.
• Progressively grown career with proven design and development experiences in multiple languages, secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP, CWE, SEI CERT), and vulnerability management.
• Understands internals of operating systems (Windows, Linux, Mainframe) to deliver interoperable and performant code.
• Has skills to develop and evangelize on reference architecture and run principles to help teams adopt Engineering Principles from the start.
• Understands use cases for advanced design patterns to implement efficient code.
• Understands and implements Application Programming Interface (API) standards and cataloging to drive API/service adoption and commercialization.
• Has skills to promote and coach teams on full stack development and facilitate end-to-end service ownership.
• Has skills to engage engineers across Technology organization to promote standard software patterns and reuse of common libraries and services.
• Has experience in leading and coaching teams to perform software planning and estimation for large scale complex programs.
• Has skills to drive trade-off discussions to set right development capacity based on value drivers.
• Has experience in design and execution of automation across multiple business areas and provides guidance on best methods and tools.
• Has an expert understanding of DevOps best practices to guide developers and abstract application development from underlying hosting platforms and infrastructure.
• Performance engineering experience to ensure applications are built to scale, run, and perform for varying demands.
• Has skills to evaluate practices, metrics, and roles to continually optimize SDLC methodologies and automate processes to improve lead time and quality.
• Has skills to perform architecture and cost analysis for internal, hybrid, and public cloud environments.
• Has skills to succinctly articulate architecture patterns of complex systems, with business and technical implications, to executive and customer stakeholders.
• Has skills to define and drive advanced chaos and other operational testing practices to test points of failures.
• Has skills to implement advanced test setups in production environment.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience.

In the US, Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting.

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 Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach;
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Atlanta, Georgia: $165,000 - $264,000 USD