Software Engineer II

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 Engineer II

Overview

Mastercard Global Data Repository a leading technology repository that houses enhanced information (daily transactions from MasterCard issuers plus data from vendors such as airlines and hotels). GDR powers multiple Mastercard commercial products and provides enriched data to Mastercard smartdata.gen2, a scalable, global, web-based solution of payment data and information management.

Global Data Repository (GDR), maintains data in a highly secure environment behind multiple firewalls, it collects detailed data from many different sources and aggregates it into a single common format for distribution to various entities. It distributes data globally on a daily basis to issuers and their customers via Smart Data solutions, or directly to those customers using their own MIS or ERP system.

The Applications Development Team is a dedicated collection of self-organizing, interdependent, and highly efficient co-located individuals. There are multiple teams as part of GDR, spread over (Pune) India and (St. Louis) USA.
Team members may be developers, testers, analysts, architects, project managers and product owners. The team is cross-functional, and follows the agile SAFE methods to deliver the work

Role
This is a Developer role for the GDR application within the suite of Commercial products, based out of Pune. The lead is expected to drive and support the delivery of commercial solution in a fast-paced Agile environment.

The nature of our projects is centered on back end system interactions, it s highly database centric and involves file based communication with 3rd party data providers and issuers/processors and there tends to be very little UI work involved. This position is for a project that is establishing new technology stack that utilizes Java, spring, hibernate, websphere MQ on a service oriented architecture. Person in this position is expected to be dynamic, willing to learn and implement new technology and development methods.

Work independently on development stories on scrum board.
Work with business owners to translate business requirements to industry-leading design, architecture and implementations.
Support business with technical queries and impact analysis
Perform technical reviews and mentor junior developers in the team
Participate and contribute to the architectural decisions for the application
Participate & contribute in requirement elaboration sessions, design the solution, point the stories and deliver them within the iteration
Break stories into smallest possible piece of work and contribute to elaborations, sprint planning, and retrospectives
Multitask and be able to work with teams across geographies
Document learnings and knowledge capsules for long term benefit of the team

All About You

A record of successful delivery of large software applications as developer.
2-5 years of hands on experience on java , mvc ,micro services application development
Strong experience with
o Java 8
o MVC framework like Spring (batch, boot) and ORM framework like Hibernate
o JMS/Messaging and middleware like WebSphere MQ/ Apache Kafka is a MUST
o Maven/Gradle, JIRA/Rally, Bamboo/Jenkins/Hudson, xUnit(httpUnit, nUnit, jUnit)
o Oracle database and SQL
Additional knowledge of Unix, C, C++ and Shell scripting will be preferred.
Good understanding & experience with software development processes such as Scrum preferably SAFe
Experience working with multiple global customers
Good understanding of technical solution and software patterns (including architectural & design patterns) at various levels.
Solid experience of working in project teams
Desire to stay abreast of new development tools and methods
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Understanding of PCI, PII and other financial security requirements will be preferred

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.