Senior Software Engineer

Mastercard

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Work type
On-site
Location
O'Fallon, MO
Salary
$115,000–$184,000 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $150k
$101k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays less than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$188,277 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $150k versus about $169k 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 116 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $122,000–$207,000 across 104 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join the engineering team to lead the analysis, design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable software solutions. You will manage the full systems development life cycle, including creating technical artifacts like test strategies, performance benchmarking, and deployment plans while mentoring team members through various phases of the SDLC. Your daily work involves building and maintaining backend services, APIs, and distributed systems using Java, Groovy, or similar languages. You will utilize DevOps tools such as Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Chef, Artifactory, and Docker Registry to manage CI/CD pipelines and automate infrastructure provisioning. The role focuses on solving complex problems in service-oriented and microservices architectures while ensuring high availability through robust monitoring, logging, and security best practices like secure API design and data protection within a globally distributed environment.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Missouri?

Median $149500 from 35 postings across 4 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and develop secure, scalable, and maintainable software solutions following Mastercard standards.
  • Manage the full systems development life cycle including requirements gathering, design, testing, and deployment.
  • Perform system maintenance, production incident management, root cause analysis, and on-call support.
  • Research and evaluate new technologies, frameworks, and vendor solutions for integration.
  • Conduct code reviews, security reviews, and performance benchmarking to ensure high quality standards.
  • Provide technical training, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to team members through brownbag sessions.
  • Coordinate offshore development activities and manage day-to-day project tasks.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment workflows.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
  • Strong understanding of software design, architecture, data structures, secure development practices, testing, and performance optimization.
  • Strong programming and automation skills using Java, Groovy, or similar languages.
  • Experience designing, building, testing, deploying, and maintaining software applications using engineering best practices.
  • Strong understanding of service-oriented, microservices, and API-driven architectures.
  • Experience building and supporting scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems.
  • Experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, automated, and high-quality software delivery.
  • Hands-on experience with DevOps tools such as Git/Bitbucket, Jenkins, XLR, Chef, Artifactory, Docker Registry, and similar platforms.

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