Software Development Engineer II

at  MasterCard

Our Purpose
We work 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. We cultivate a
culture of inclusion
for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Title and Summary
Software Development Engineer II
Mastercard is the global technology company behind the world’s fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless®. We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities.
As a Software Development Engineer in Services, you will have the opportunity to build high performance analytics platform that advance how businesses all over the world unleash the most value from their data. Our next generation platform blends industry-leading analytics, advanced software architecture, and the latest web technologies. You will play a vital role within a rapidly growing organization, while working closely with experienced and driven engineers to
solve challenging problems.
Engineers work in small, flexible teams. Every team member contributes to designing, building, and testing features. The range of work you encounter varies from front-end web development to writing server side calculation code to database work, and beyond. There are no rigid organizational structures, and each team uses processes that work the best for that team members and projects.
This position is based out of our Technology Hub in Europe, but will be working closely with our Pune Teams and US teams based in Arlington, VA and New York City, NY.

Role

• Design and develop state of the art service oriented software architectures.
• Create cutting-edge algorithms and analytical techniques that can handle on-the-fly processing across hundreds of dimensions.
• Play a central role in developing a powerful suite of web applications, and drive valuable improvements to the capabilities of our product.
• Leverage new technologies and approaches to innovating with increasingly large data sets.
• Lead and push the boundaries of analytics and powerful, scalable applications.
• Collaborate across teams with exceptional peers who are passionate about what they do.
• Continue building expertise in full stack development.
• Apply your skills in computer science, math, and statistics to solve important problems faced by some of the world’s largest organizations.
• Innovate on code and database deployment methods for all applications developed by your team.

All about you/Ideal Candidate Qualifications

• Proficiency with advanced object-oriented programming.
• Deep understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Passion for solving varied and complex real-world problems.
• Initiative and creativity in approaching new challenges.
• Ability to thrive on small, highly collaborative project teams.
• Solid technical foundation with a degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong English written and communication skills.

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.

Role

• Design and develop state of the art service oriented software architectures.
• Create cutting-edge algorithms and analytical techniques that can handle on-the-fly processing across hundreds of dimensions.
• Play a central role in developing a powerful suite of web applications, and drive valuable improvements to the capabilities of our product.
• Leverage new technologies and approaches to innovating with increasingly large data sets.
• Lead and push the boundaries of analytics and powerful, scalable applications.
• Collaborate across teams with exceptional peers who are passionate about what they do.
• Continue building expertise in full stack development.
• Apply your skills in computer science, math, and statistics to solve important problems faced by some of the world’s largest organizations.
• Innovate on code and database deployment methods for all applications developed by your team

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