This role pays more than
63%
of similar roles. Most pay
$142,400–$197,750
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$186k
versus about
$170k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Mastercard
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, processing transactions between financial institutions and merchants using its extensive network of credit, debit, and prepaid card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services
Mastercard currently has
131 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$115,000–$184,000
across 118 roles with salary data.
As a Lead Software Engineer within the Mastercard Authentication Program, you will design and develop secure, scalable solutions for e-commerce transactional use cases to improve authentication products. You will be responsible for building services and APIs, conducting code reviews, mentoring engineers, and driving architectural designs across dependent services while ensuring operational readiness through observability and resilience testing. The role requires hands-on development using Java, J2EE, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, alongside frameworks like Spring Boot, Hibernate, React, and Angular. You will work with microservices, RESTful APIs, and cloud technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines. Technical requirements include proficiency in Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Redis. The role addresses the critical business problem of securing consumer authentication for both in-store and online transactions while ensuring high performance and system reliability.