Senior Software Engineer

Title and Summary

Senior Software Engineer Overview

Role

• Deliver solutions by providing direct development of software.
• Work closely with technical leads for assigned projects to assist in design and implementation tasks.
• 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.
• Be accountable for the full systems development life cycle including creating high quality requirements documents, use cases, design and other technical artifacts such as detailed test strategy/test design, 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 assist the Department with selection of vendor solutions, technologies, methodologies and frameworks.
• Conduct brownbag sessions on new and upcoming technologies, methodologies and application appropriate frameworks.
• Provide technical training to the 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.
• Ensure adequate test coverage in unit testing, system testing/integration testing and performance testing.
• Perform quality inspections and walkthroughs throughout the SDLC including requirements review, design review, code review and security review to ensure compliance with Mastercard and PCI standards.

All About You

• Must be high energy, detail oriented, proactive and have the ability to function under pressure in an independent environment.
• Must provide the necessary skills to have a high degree of initiative and self motivation to drive results.
• Possesses strong communication skills - both verbal and written - and strong relationship, collaborative skills and organizational skills.
• Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities and to work as a member of a matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.
• Good knowledge of agile software development processes.
• Experience with the design and development of complex, multi tier software solutions.
• Comfortable working in a Linux environment, using VI editor and general command line proficiency.

Essential Skills

• Creating and debugging J2EE REST web services and web applications.
• Database experience including Oracle and SQL scripting.
• Experience with Spring Framework (including Spring Boot) and Maven.
• Experience writing unit tests with JUnit and Mockito.
• Experience working with JBoss and/or Apache Tomcat.
• Experience with Git.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working with containerised environments, such as Kubernetes/OpenShift/CloudFoundry.
• Experience with integration frameworks such as Apache Camel/Spring Integration.
• Experience with monitoring service performance.

Corporate Security Responsibility

• 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.
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.