Description
We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend to join the Operations & Technology Fraud Products team. You will be developing new capabilities for Mastercard's Decision Management Platform, which serves as the core for multiple business solutions to combat fraud and validate cardholder identity.
The ideal candidate will have 8-12 years of experience in software engineering with Java. You will demonstrate strong ownership and the ability to learn and adapt quickly. Proven ability to lead through influence by aligning others, driving decisions, and unblocking delivery.
Key responsibilities:
- Deliver solutions by providing direct development of software.
- Work closely with technical leads for assigned projects to assist in design and implementation tasks.
- Shape and drive the adoption of UI technologies and practices across our teams.
- Assist with production support issues by acting as a subject matter expert in resolving incidents and problem tickets.
- Plan, design and develop technical solutions and alternatives to meet business requirements in adherence with Mastercard standards, processes and best practices.
- Lead day to day system development and maintenance activities of the team to meet service level agreements (SLAs) and create solutions with high level of innovation, cost effectiveness, high quality and faster time to market.
- Coordinate offshore development and manage day to day activities.
- Accountable for full systems development life cycle including creating high quality requirements documents, use-cases, design and other technical artifacts.
- Participate in PoCs (Proof of Concept) and help the Department with selection of Vendor Solutions, Technologies, Methodologies and Frameworks.
- Collaborate with vendor resources for support of products.
- Conduct brownbag sessions on new and upcoming technologies, methodologies and application appropriate frameworks.
- Ensure knowledge transfer of vendor technology to Mastercard staff.
- Provide technical training to the other team members.
- Actively look for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.
- Mentor and guide other team members during all phases of the SDLC.
- Be an integral part of the Agile SAFe discover and elaboration sessions.
- Perform requirements and design reviews, peer code reviews and PCI security reviews to ensure compliance with Mastercard standards.
Required skills:
- Java
- Spring
- gRPC
- Backend service development
- CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins)
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Container orchestration
- Cloud platforms (AWS)
- Relational databases (Oracle)
- NoSQL databases (Cassandra)
- Business Rule Management System (IBM ODM)
- Queuing technologies (MQ and Kafka)