Lead Software Engineer - Agentic Systems

Mastercard is hiring a Lead Software Engineer - Agentic Systems in Pune.

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 Lead Software Engineer - Agentic Systems

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building systems that integrate LLMs, AI services, or agent frameworks; familiarity with tool invocation and workflow orchestration patterns.
• Experience designing policy-driven platforms with auditability and compliance considerations.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures and DevOps practices (infrastructure-as-code, automated delivery, secure runtime patterns).

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Leveling & Scope

This role aligns with Lead, Software Engineer expectations: a developing subject matter expert who influences stakeholders, drives improvements to products/services/processes, produces high-quality scalable solutions, leads operational excellence in complex production environments, evaluates new technologies, and mentors others.

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.

About Mastercard

Business & Market Insights (B&MI) is Mastercard’s analytics and intelligence organization, delivering insight products and platforms that help customers navigate change, benchmark performance, and take informed action. Internally, B&MI spans multiple product areas delivering contextual intelligence, precision analytics, operational insights, and consulting-enabled capabilities—backed by modern data and engineering platforms. ________________________________________ Mastercard is seeking a Lead S