Manager - Software Engineering

Job Description

Role Overview:As a Manager in Software Engineering at Mastercard, you will be responsible for the analysis, design, development, and delivery of software solutions for the Transaction Switching program. This program enables frictionless commerce through a secure, highly performant, and operationally resilient platform that supports credit, debit, prepaid, and commercial portfolios. Your role will involve defining requirements for new applications and customizations while adhering to standards, processes, and best practices.Key Responsibilities:- Formally supervise and coach 2 teams of engineers to build, enhance, and support multiple applications/services in the delivery of internal or market-facing Products, Platforms, or Product bundles.- Provide strategic thinking and leadership related to a wide range of applications and systems, or software-development methodologies.- Ensure objectives and development plans are established at the start of the year and reviewed continuously throughout the year.- Speak as one management voice and regularly hold staff meetings with all levels of staff to brief on organization, department, and P&C (HR) updates.- Hold people and teams accountable and effectively delegate responsibilities down to the team.- Recruit and hire the right talent, always bringing in someone better than at least half the individuals in the role.- Continuously engage and improve teams performance by conducting recurring 1-1 meetings, managing career development, and understanding who is at risk.- Provide and facilitate timely feedback, coaching in the moment, and mentoring for staff at all levels.- Manage and optimize budgets, forecasting, and cost allocation while delivering on business needs in the area of ownership.- Emulate and drive Mastercard Way behaviors through their behavior, recognitions, coaching, and employee engagement.Qualifications Required:- Overall career experience of 10-15 years in Software Engineering.- Hands-on coding & programming skills in C & C.- Experience in managing a team size of 3-5 members.- IT experience with a successful track record in managing a small-scale development organization (2 teams) with demonstrated thought leadership, cross-functional influence, and partnership.- Proven design and development experiences in multiple languages, secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP, CWE, SEI CERT), and vulnerability management.- Ability to document and coach the team on development practices and coding guidelines.- Understanding of technical debt and operational issues to drive prioritization discussions with stakeholders.- Ability to plan for platform and infrastructure capacity and reduce delivery lead time.- Skilled in understanding customer journeys to ensure a good customer experience.- Experience in simplifying deployment and eliminating software and infrastructure snowflakes using standardized platforms, ephemeral instances, and automation.- Proficiency in defining, organizing, and reporting on test runs for major, minor, and hotfix releases.- Bachelors degree in software engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related discipline preferred, or equivalent work experience. Role Overview:As a Manager in Software Engineering at Mastercard, you will be responsible for the analysis, design, development, and delivery of software solutions for the Transaction Switching program. This program enables frictionless commerce through a secure, highly performant, and operationally resilient platform that supports credit, debit, prepaid, and commercial portfolios. Your role will involve defining requirements for new applications and customizations while adhering to standards, processes, and best practices.Key Responsibilities:- Formally supervise and coach 2 teams of engineers to build, enhance, and support multiple applications/services in the delivery of internal or market-facing Products, Platforms, or Product bundles.- Provide strategic thinking and leadership related to a wide range of applications and systems, or software-development methodologies.- Ensure objectives and development plans are established at the start of the year and reviewed continuously throughout the year.- Speak as one management voice and regularly hold staff meetings with all levels of staff to brief on organization, department, and P&C (HR) updates.- Hold people and teams accountable and effectively delegate responsibilities down to the team.- Recruit and hire the right talent, always bringing in someone better than at least half the individuals in the role.- Continuously engage and improve teams performance by conducting recurring 1-1 meetings, managing career development, and understanding who is at risk.- Provide and facilitate timely feedback, coaching in the moment, and mentoring for staff at all levels.- Manage and optimize budgets, forecasting, and cost allocation while delivering on business needs in the area of ownership.- Emul

Keyskills :
Software EngineeringCodingProgrammingTeam ManagementVulnerability ManagementSystem ArchitectureCustomer Experience ManagementTest ManagementIT ExperienceDesignDevelopmentSecure Coding StandardsTechnical Debt ManagementDeployment Automation