Lead Software Integration Engineer, Release Management

Mastercard

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Location
O Fallon, MO
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$122,000–$207,000 / yr
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19 days ago
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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

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TL;DR · Lead Software Integration Engineer, Release Management

JOB TITLE: Lead Software Integration Engineer (Release Management) – Workday & HR Platforms The Lead Software Integration Engineer joins the team to enable reliable, secure, and scalable integrations across HR platforms, specifically Workday, and broader enterprise systems. This role provides end-to-end release governance, coordinating platform changes, application interfaces, and cross-system dependencies to ensure stable production releases. Key responsibilities include owning release planning, managing cross-team dependencies, facilitating Agile execution activities, and overseeing change management processes like CAB reviews. The position requires technical leadership in solution design, API-based services, and integration testing strategies. Candidates must utilize skills in software development lifecycle practices, architecture alignment, and troubleshooting complex production issues. The work focuses on platform modernization, ensuring that HR ecosystem updates and interconnected web services maintain operational stability and compliance across cloud and on-premises environments.

What you'll do

  • Own release planning, coordination, and execution across multiple teams and enterprise HR platforms.
  • Manage cross-team and cross-platform dependencies to identify and resolve conflicts early in the lifecycle.
  • Coordinate change management activities, including preparation for CAB reviews and approvals.
  • Participate in technology governance forums to ensure release alignment with enterprise standards and strategy.
  • Support the design and maintenance of API-based integrations and web services across interconnected platforms.
  • Coordinate integration testing activities to validate interfaces, data transformations, and dependent systems.
  • Investigate and resolve complex integration and production issues through structured root-cause analysis.
  • Drive continuous improvement of release governance, change management, and platform stability practices.

What we're looking for

  • 8–12 years of experience in software engineering, release management, or technical program delivery.
  • Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and enterprise production release processes.
  • Proven ability to manage dependencies and trade-offs across multiple parallel initiatives and platform upgrades.
  • Experience participating in technology governance, architecture discussions, or design reviews.
  • Experience with release governance, change management processes, and CAB approvals.
  • Strong technical background to enable effective collaboration with engineering and architecture teams.
  • Strong communication skills to align diverse stakeholders around release plans and technical trade-offs.
  • Experience working in a Scaled Agile / SAFe environment (preferred).
  • Workday functional knowledge (HCM, Payroll, Benefits, or integrations) (preferred).
  • Experience supporting HR platforms or enterprise platform modernization initiatives (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and release or change tracking tools (preferred).
  • Broad technical expertise across enterprise systems, integration architectures, and platform ecosystems (preferred).

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