# Lead Software Engineer

**Company**: Mastercard
**Location**: O'Fallon, Missouri
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $140,000 - $231,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Mastercard Developer Workbench team, part of the MSBX division. As a technical anchor on the team, you will set the bar for engineering quality, drive architectural decisions, and provide hands-on guidance to fellow engineers across the platform.

The Developer Workbench brings together five core MSBX products , BuildersHub, DevFlow, TestFlow, DevInsights, and Cloud DevEx , alongside cross-cutting tools including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Docker Desktop. Your mission will be to shape the future of how engineers at one of the world's leading technology companies build, test, and ship software.

Key responsibilities:

- Serve as a technical anchor on the team, setting the bar for engineering quality and providing guidance to fellow engineers.

- Design, build, and maintain core components of the Developer Workbench platform across the full development lifecycle.

- Lead the technical direction and roadmap of the Developer Workbench, driving its evolution into a cohesive, productized developer experience.

- Own and advance the integration of software engineering tools across the development lifecycle.

- Lead the governance of the "birthright and optional tooling" catalogue.

- Partner with product owners, platform teams, and engineering stakeholders to align workbench capabilities with organization-wide engineering priorities.

- Lead the design and delivery of developer enablement features.

- Architect and oversee the implementation of pre-provisioned onboarding environments.

- Drive the adoption and advancement of AI-augmented development capabilities.

- Define and champion meaningful instrumentation and metrics that surface developer productivity, satisfaction, and platform health.

- Engage across engineering, security, and compliance teams to ensure tooling implementations meet Mastercard's security and regulatory requirements.

- Actively contribute to and help lead the Software Engineering Guild.

Requirements:

- Proven track record as a technical leader among peers.

- Strong background in software engineering, including hands-on work on platform engineering, developer tooling, or developer experience products at enterprise scale.

- Demonstrated ability to decompose complex technical problems and communicate tradeoffs clearly.

- Deep familiarity with the modern developer tooling ecosystem.

- Experience working with AI-powered developer tools in a regulated enterprise environment.

- Deep command of developer experience principles and the ability to translate developer pain points into durable platform improvements.

- Experience designing and delivering pre-provisioned, standardized development environments at scale.

- Strong grasp of cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native development patterns.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Fluent with software development productivity metrics and experienced at using data to steer technical decisions collaboratively.

- Self-driven and effective in ambiguous, fast-evolving technology environments.

- Strong command of Agile/Scrum methodologies and SDLC best practices.

We offer a competitive base salary ranging from $140,000 to $231,000 USD, depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Our benefits package includes insurance, flexible spending account, health savings account, paid leaves, 401k with a best-in-class company match, and many more.

## Skills

### Required
- GitHub Copilot
- Claude Code
- Docker Desktop
- Kubernetes
- DevContainers
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- ArgoCD
- Backstage
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Agile/Scrum

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