Lead Software Engineer

• Access Services is looking for an experienced Lead Software Development Engineer to lead a team specializing in development of API and web security products
• This team builds and maintains the security platform used by internal and external facing application across MasterCard
• Lead technical Engineer at MasterCard is a technology leader within the organization and spearheads the system architecture, design and creating the implementations
• He or she participates in the Software Development Life Cycle through Coaching, R&D, Proof of Concepts, Prototyping, Code review etc He or she may also be required to administer training throughout various phases of the development cycle
• Additionally, He or she influences the development practices so that they are in compliance with best practices, policies and procedures

Role

- Guide a team specializing in the development of API and web security products. This team builds and maintains the security platform used by internal and external facing application across MasterCard;
- Guide system architecture and design and create scalable implementations
- Participate in the Software Development Life Cycle through Coaching, R&D, Proof of Concepts, Prototyping, and Code review;
- Coordinate with the business to identify innovative solutions and drive implementation of strategic decisions;
- Perform Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to assess and identify the technologies per the needs of the organization;
- Provide recommendations to management on selection of technologies and strategic technical direction for the team or department;
- Implement Software development processes and supporting tools per the evolving needs of the organization;
- Identify technical and process gaps, provide estimates for business solutions, define the initial scope/requirements of the project, and manage the scope during the lifecycle of the project
- Influence the software development practices so that they are in compliance with best practices, policies and procedures.

All About You

• Must be high-energy, detail-oriented, proactive and can function under pressure in an independent environment.
• Must provide the necessary skills to have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.
• Possesses strong communication skills -- both verbal and written - and strong relationship, collaborative skills, and organizational skills.
• Software development, design & architecture experience in enterprise grade software solutions.
• Hands on experience required and will be part of the day-to-day activities
• Detailed experience at designing enterprise grade distributed and reactive systems that involve software Architecture and Design Principles, Patterns, Methodology, Domain Concepts ( Architecture and Design Skills )
• Design Principles including SOLID, YAGNI, DRY and others.
• Security Patterns

1. JAVA/J2EE
2. SQL
3. PL/SQL
4. HTML/XHTML
5. JSON/XML
6. ORACLE/MYSQL
7. SPRING/STRUTS
8. APACHE TOMCAT/TOMCAT
9. WINDOWS/LINUX
10. ECLIPSE
11. Azure/AWS
12. JENKINS OR CI/CD TOOLS
13. ALM TOOLS

• Experience designing solutions for large scale deployments including large enterprises or service providers, banking, or payment solutions
• 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.
• Knowledge of software development processes including agile processes and test-driven development
• Bachelor Engineering or Technology in Computer Science, Engineering or IT Required & masters degree in related discipline Preferred