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This role pays less than
63%
of similar roles. Most pay
$171,087–$227,608
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$186k
versus about
$199k
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
150 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
across 142 roles with salary data.
The Manager, Software Engineering joins the global credit card authorization program to lead a cross-functional team of software engineers, technical program managers, and technical product managers. This role involves driving engineering excellence across software design, development, testing, security, and performance for high-volume, low-latency transaction processing platforms. You will build scalable, resilient distributed systems using Java, C/C++, or similar object-oriented languages while applying API-first design, microservices, and event-driven architectures. Key responsibilities include mentoring talent, conducting code reviews, and managing the full software development lifecycle. You must ensure operational health through observability, monitoring, and reliability engineering. The work focuses on solving complex technical problems within the payments industry, ensuring secure, maintainable, and high-performing systems that facilitate billions of global transactions among issuers and acquirers.
What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?
Median $214394 from 123 postings across 39 companies.