This role pays more than
50%
of similar roles. Most pay
$152,150–$217,550
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$186k
versus about
$185k
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
116 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
across 104 roles with salary data.
Manager, Software Engineering will lead a service group within the critical Decision Management Platform for fraud detection. This role focuses on driving engineering excellence, scaling delivery capabilities, and fostering a culture of innovation while managing high-performing teams through coaching and performance management. The manager is responsible for defining engineering strategy, overseeing the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, and ensuring operational readiness including incident response and monitoring. Key responsibilities include championing DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and agile methodologies to deliver scalable products. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, high-volume transaction applications, and cloud infrastructure. Candidates must possess skills in security, secure SDLC, PCI considerations, and compliance-driven architecture. This position addresses the technical challenge of building low latency, highly available software solutions within the fintech and digital payments domain to combat fraud effectively.
What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?
Median $223750 from 106 postings across 38 companies.
Java
C++
Microservices
API Design
Event-Driven Architecture
CI/CD
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
Automated Testing
Performance Engineering
Site Reliability Engineering
DevOps
Data Structures
Algorithms
Secure Coding
Distributed Systems
Monitoring
Logging
Alerting