Job Description
Senior Software Engineer: Develop and deliver secure software solutions for the financial services sector, utilizing secure data and networks, partnerships, and passion to drive innovation and business results.
We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences.
Responsible for the analysis, design, development and delivery of software solutions. Define requirements for new applications and customization adhering to Master Card standards, processes and best practices. Develop, customize, and test applications to integrate to Master Card's specifications. Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical training to other team members.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan, design and develop technical solutions and alternatives to meet business requirements in adherence with Master Card 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.
- Accountable for full systems development life cycle including creating high quality requirements documents, use-cases, design and other technical artifacts.
- Perform system maintenance, production incident problem management, identification of root cause, remediation of the problems and on-call pager support schedule.
- Research and evaluate current and upcoming technologies and frameworks.
- Participate in Po Cs (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 Master Card staff.
- Provide technical training to the other team members.
- Follow and promote Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes in the department.
- Actively look for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.
- Mentor and guide other team members during all phases of the SDLC.
- Ensure adequate test coverage in Unit Testing, System Testing/Integration Testing and Performance Testing.
- Perform Quality Inspections and Walkthroughs through out the SDLC including Requirements Review, Design Review, Code Review and Security Review to ensure compliance with Master Card standards.
- Co-ordinate offshore development and manage day to day activities.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in related field.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in delivering secure solutions in Financial Services Sector is preferred.
- Broad understanding of Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies is required.
- Demonstrate MC Core Competencies.
Skills and Abilities:
- High-energy, detail-oriented, proactive and ability to function under pressure in an independent environment.
- Strong communication skills - both verbal and written – and strong relationship, collaborative skills and organizational skills.
- Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities and to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.
Corporate Security Responsibility:
- 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.