Senior Software Engineer

Mastercard is hiring a Senior Software Engineer 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 Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who thrives in building highly scalable, resilient, and cloud-native distributed systems. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in Java and modern backend technologies with a strong understanding of event-driven architectures, cloud platforms, containerisation, and emerging AI-driven software development practices. The role requires both strong technical execution and the ability to influence engineering excellence across the team.

• Design, develop, test, and support enterprise-grade microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build highly scalable and resilient APIs and backend services.
• Design and implement event-driven solutions using Kafka.
• Develop cloud-native applications deployed on PCF and containerised environments.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and technical design reviews.
• Drive software quality through automated testing, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure and reliable payment solutions.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools and agentic coding practices to improve productivity, code quality, testing, and documentation.
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues with a focus on reliability and operational excellence.

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Requirements

Core Engineering

• Strong proficiency in Java (8+ years preferred).
• Expert knowledge of:

o Spring Boot o Spring Framework o RESTful Services o JPA/Hibernate o Multithreading and Concurrent Programming

• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Design and Design Patterns.

Event-Driven Systems

• Hands-on experience with Kafka.
• Experience building asynchronous and event-driven architectures.
• Understanding of reliability patterns such as:

o Outbox Pattern o Retry Mechanisms o Idempotency

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in Payments, Financial Services, or FinTech.
• Experience with high-volume, transaction-processing systems.
• Knowledge of event sourcing, CQRS, or domain-driven design.
• Experience with Splunk, Dynatrace, or observability platforms.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.
• Demonstrated use of GenAI tools to improve engineering productivity and delivery outcomes.

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

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