Software Engineer II

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

Software Engineer II

• Overview
• The Software Engineer II is an experienced software engineer specializing in Java development and microservices architecture. This role independently develops scalable, cloud-ready applications while contributing to software design, architecture, operational excellence, and production support.

• What You Will Do
• •Design software components by translating product requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• •Contribute to software architecture decisions and technical design discussions.
• •Build modular, extensible, maintainable, and performant applications.
• •Design, execute, and maintain unit, functional, and integration tests.
• •Apply secure coding practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• •Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering quality standards.
• •Support system performance optimization, scalability improvements, and reliability initiatives.
• •Design applications with observability, operational readiness, and supportability in mind.
• •Research new technologies, frameworks, and engineering practices.
• •Participate in proof-of-concepts and technical experimentation.
• •Troubleshoot application and production issues using structured root cause analysis.
• •Support applications throughout their lifecycle, including production support.
• •Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business solutions.

• All About You
• •Solid understanding of Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Kafka, RESTful Web Services, and JPA.
• •Experience developing cloud-ready applications and microservices.
• •Understanding of software architecture and design principles.
• •Experience with automated testing, unit testing, and integration testing.
• •Familiarity with performance optimization and scalability concepts.
• •Understanding of secure software development practices.
• •Experience participating in code reviews.
• •Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• •Exposure to CI/CD and Test-Driven Development practices.
• •Experience or exposure to AI-assisted applications, autonomous agents, or agentic workflows.
• •Agile Scrum experience.

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.