Lead Software Engineer

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

Job Overview: Senior professional with a firm knowledge of testing and quality practices and protocols that enable the individual to deliver reports according to defined protocol, while meeting established timelines. Documents issues as they arise and monitors resolutions. Able to work as an integral member of the project testing and quality team. Major Accountabilities:

• Coordinate and participate in review and testing activities to ensure the quality and functionality of assigned MasterCard developed systems.
• Review project test and implementation schedules. Monitor, document, and report the current status of projects. Participate in review of project deliverables.
• Create detailed test plans, test cases, and data for project testing.
• Perform automated and manual testing and validate results to confirm adherence and conformance to installation standards and methodologies.
• Review user manuals for accuracy.
• Document problems, monitor resolutions and retain documentation necessary to plan for future assigned testing.
• Adhere to and enforce consistent company and department testing standards and procedures.
• Identify, document, and implement process improvements.
• Apply technical and business knowledge to solve issues.
• Share application knowledge and mentoring newer team members May be responsible for Test Coordination duties including:
• Defect management and oversight
• Status reporting and metrics creation
• Point of escalation for issues discovered during the testing phase Education: BS Degree or equivalent combination of experience and formal education. Knowledge / Experience:
• Applies broad complex technical knowledge of principles, theories, and concepts plus broad knowledge of business/function and development life cycle, usually acquired through 3 to 5 years of experience.
• Project management experience.
• Test Management experience needed for test coordination. Skills/ Abilities:
• Ability to coordinate, interact with, and lead cross departmental teams.
• Ability to make decisions without all information.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• General supervision; work is reviewed after action is taken.
  
  

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.