Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend

Overview

Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend on the Operations & Technology Fraud Products team, developing new capabilities for Mastercard's Decision Management Platform, the core for multiple business solutions to combat fraud and validate cardholder identity.

What you'll do

• Deliver solutions by providing direct development of software.
• Work closely with technical leads for assigned projects to assist in design and implementation tasks.
• Shape and drive the adoption of UI technologies and practices across our teams.
• Assist with production support issues by acting as a subject matter expert in resolving incidents and problem tickets.
• Plan, design and develop technical solutions and alternatives to meet business requirements in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes and best practices.
• Lead day to day system development and maintenance activities of the team to meet service level agreements (SLAs) and create solutions with high level of innovation, cost effectiveness, high quality and faster time to market.
• Co-ordinate offshore development and manage day to day activities.
• Be accountable for the full systems development life cycle, including high quality requirements documents, use-cases, design and other technical artifacts, performance benchmarking, release rollout and deployment plans, contingency/back-out plans, feasibility study, cost and time analysis and detailed estimates.
• Participate in PoCs (Proof of Concept) and help the Department with selection of vendor solutions, technologies, methodologies and frameworks.
• Collaborate with vendor resources for support of products.
• Conduct brownbag sessions on new and upcoming technologies, methodologies and application appropriate frameworks.
• Ensure knowledge transfer of vendor technology to MasterCard staff.
• Provide technical training to other team members.
• Actively look for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.
• Mentor and guide other team members during all phases of the SDLC.
• Be an integral part of the Agile SAFe discovery and elaboration sessions.
• Perform requirements and design reviews, peer code reviews and PCI security reviews to ensure compliance with MasterCard standards.

What you'll need

• Overall career experience of 8-12 years in software engineering in Java.
• Demonstrated strong ownership and the ability to learn and adapt quickly.
• Proven ability to lead through influence by aligning others, driving decisions, and unblocking delivery.
• Solid understanding of service and platform level system design (e.g. distributed systems, event driven architectures), advanced design patterns (e.g. dependency injection, lazy loading) and experience with open frameworks (e.g. Spring Boot).
• Strong software engineering fundamentals with hands-on development experience designing, building and maintaining production grade systems.
• Expertise in Java, Spring, gRPC and backend service development for high performance, scalable applications.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS), including cloud native architectures and migration strategies.
• Experience with relational databases (Oracle) and NoSQL databases (e.g. Cassandra).
• Experience with Business Rule Management Systems such as IBM ODM, and queuing technologies such as MQ and Kafka.
• Proven ability to lead design discussions, review code, and enforce engineering standards.
• Experience with modern development practices (Agile, CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews).
• Experience with secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP, CWE, SEI CERT) and vulnerability management.

Details

• Location: Pune, India.