This role pays more than
72%
of similar roles. Most pay
$177,187–$231,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$226k
versus about
$204k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
128 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
across 114 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer within the Consumer Authentication Solutions team, you will serve as a distinguished technical leader shaping the architecture and long-term strategy for critical authentication platforms. You will design highly scalable, resilient, distributed systems to protect global payment transactions while establishing engineering standards across multiple teams. Your daily work involves solving complex architectural challenges, driving cloud-native and event-driven evolutions, and mentoring senior engineers to improve organizational capability. You will utilize a technical stack including Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, gRPC, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, NATS, and MQ. The role focuses on the core problem of building secure, high-availability infrastructure for authentication services like EMV 3DS and risk-based authentication. You must possess expertise in microservices, Domain-Driven Design, and performance engineering to ensure operational excellence across the global payment ecosystem.
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