Lead Software Engineer
Mastercard
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This role pays less than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $184,425–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $186k versus about $198k for comparable roles.
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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 116 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $122,000–$207,000 across 104 roles with salary data.
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Lead Software Engineer joins the Marketing Services Technology team to provide technical leadership and ownership for a next-generation platform focused on end-to-end marketing campaign management. This role involves architecting highly available, large-scale platforms that manage audience targeting, execution, and measurement while driving cloud transformation initiatives. The engineer will lead teams of UI developers, full-stack engineers, and data engineers to build fault-tolerant systems and integrate backend services with user interfaces. Key responsibilities include designing REST APIs, implementing real-time data processing, and championing GenAI and Agentic AI capabilities for engineering efficiency. Technical requirements include Java, Spring Boot, React, GraphQL, Databricks, AWS, Spark, Hadoop, Python, and Scala. The role also requires expertise in Domain Driven Design, Event Driven Design, CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, and automated quality frameworks like JUnit and Mockito to ensure high-performance product delivery.
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