Lead and grow software engineering teams to deliver scalable secure and resilient applications. Drive delivery through Agile and DevOps practices ensure engineering excellence manage risks and dependencies and collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate business needs into technical solutions.

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
Manager Software Engineering
Who is Mastercard?
We work to connect and power an inclusive digital economy that benefits everyone everywhere by making transactions safe simple smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks partnerships and passion our innovations and solutions help individuals financial institutions governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient or DQ drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths views and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team - one that makes better decisions drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Overview:
Overview
Mastercard is seeking a Manager Software Engineering to lead high-performing engineering teams responsible for building and supporting secure scalable and resilient technology solutions. This role combines technical leadership people leadership and delivery accountability to drive business outcomes while fostering a culture of innovation engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate is passionate about developing talent partnering across Product and Engineering organizations and delivering modern software solutions that enhance customer experience and operational performance.What You'll Do
Lead and Develop Engineering Teams• Manage and mentor a team of software engineers fostering an environment of accountability collaboration and growth.• Coach team members through career development performance feedback and technical skill enhancement.• Build team engagement and create opportunities for engineers to expand capabilities and take on new challenges.• Promote an inclusive culture that encourages innovation learning and continuous improvement.
Drive Software Delivery• Lead the successful delivery of software solutions aligned to business and technology objectives.• Partner with Product Managers Architects and Engineering leaders to define priorities and execution plans.• Ensure teams deliver high-quality software through effective planning testing automation and operational excellence.• Manage risks dependencies and technical challenges throughout the software development lifecycle.
Enable Engineering Excellence• Champion modern engineering practices including Agile development DevOps automation and CI/CD.• Drive adherence to engineering standards coding best practices security requirements and architectural principles.• Support scalable resilient and maintainable platform development.• Encourage data-driven decision making and continuous optimization of engineering processes.
Collaborate Across the Organization• Work closely with cross-functional partners to translate business needs into technical solutions.• Communicate project status technical risks and delivery outcomes to stakeholders and leadership.• Build strong partnerships across Product Architecture Operations Security and Engineering teams.• Influence decisions through technical expertise strong communication and leadership.What You Bring• Experience leading software engineering teams in a fast-paced technology environment.• Strong understanding of software engineering principles architecture development methodologies testing and operational excellence.• Ability to lead technical discussions while balancing business priorities and customer needs.• Experience delivering scalable secure and resilient applications.• Strong stakeholder management communication and collaboration skills.• Demonstrated success building high-performing teams and developing engineering talent.• Experience working in Agile environments and supporting modern DevOps practices.Success Profile
The ideal candidate will:• Build and retain high-performing engineering teams.• Deliver business-critical software with quality speed and reliability.• Foster a culture of accountability innovation and continuous improvement.• Influence positive outcomes across engineering and business stakeholders.• Create an environment where engineers can grow learn and perform at their highest level.
Mastercard is a merit-based inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
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.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors including but not limited to location job-related knowledge skills and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical prescription drug dental vision disability life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
O'Fallon Missouri: $140000 - $231000 USD