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This role pays less than
68%
of similar roles. Most pay
$149,500–$178,175
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$150k
versus about
$164k
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
150 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
across 142 roles with salary data.
The Senior Software Engineer joins the performance engineering team to improve response times for new applications supporting the Authorization payment network. This role involves designing, configuring, and executing performance tests while driving the resolution of failures. The engineer will create measurements for requests per second, P95 and P99 response latency, query performance, concurrency, and system utilization. Key responsibilities include digging into Java code, databases, middleware, and vendor software to identify bottlenecks, as well as improving the performance environment through automation and external tools. Required technical skills include Java Spring Boot, APM tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, Jprofiler, and JMH, and optimizing DB queries in PostgreSQL and Oracle. The role provides critical support for the payments industry, specifically involving ISO 8583 messaging and the 4-party model.
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