Manager, Software Engineering (Golang, gRPC) at Mastercard

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re 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 (Golang, gRPC)

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:

Payments Network Division is seeking a Manager in Software Engineering ;
The ideal candidate will be responsible for supervising a team of software engineers and technical project managers improving software processes and setting the group's strategic direction. The software group is responsible for the design, development, documentation, integration, and test of software products, systems and subsystems on time and within budget. Applicants must also have the ability to complete technical projects independently as well as mentor and/or coach other engineers.

• Role
• Promote engineering best practices and instill a team culture built on curiosity and collaboration
• Manage, mentor, and grow engineers on team, helping them advance their skillsets and careers
• Collaborate with product management and other engineering teams to build and deploy iterative solutions
• Help team maintain focus on current priorities and commitments while promoting core values of Agile software development
• Collaborate with other engineering managers and leaders to drive department-wide objectives

All About you:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of Engineering work experience
• 5+ years of software development and design experience
• At least 2 years’ experience with Go
• Experience with Unit Testing and Test-Driven Development methodologies
• Familiarity with creating and maintaining containerized application deployments with a platform like Docker
• Experience with protocol buffers and gRPC
• 1+ years of experience acting as a technical lead (mentoring and leading other engineers)
• Broad knowledge of programming languages with an emphasis on Java
• Hands-on expertise with modern Java and Go-lang based technology as well as profound knowledge of contemporary design and architectural patterns
• Application of agile methodologies to iteratively improve the customer experience and optimize engineering productivity

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, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.