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 yesterday

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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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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer on the performance engineering team, you will join the Transaction Switching program to improve authorization response times for billions of transactions sent among global issuers and acquirers. You will collaborate with feature teams to identify risks, investigate code to resolve performance bottlenecks, and design, configure, and execute performance tests. Your daily work involves improving the performance environment through custom code, automation, and the integration of tools like Dynatrace and Splunk. The role requires expertise in C or C++ programming within Linux environments, along with a deep understanding of computer architecture including throughput, latency, memory, and CPU utilization. You will also utilize scripting languages such as shell script, TCL, Perl, or Python to automate manual tasks while working effectively within an Agile development framework to ensure high-quality software releases.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Missouri?

Median $149500 from 35 postings across 4 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Identify risks and anticipate problems to ensure software releases do not negatively impact performance.
  • Analyze code to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
  • Design, configure, automate, and execute performance tests for transaction switching systems.
  • Improve the performance environment through custom code development and automation.
  • Integrate and manage external monitoring tools like Dynatrace and Splunk.
  • Develop backend applications in Linux environments using C or C++.
  • Create scripts in Shell, TCL, Perl, or Python to automate manual tasks.
  • Monitor and optimize system metrics including throughput, latency, memory, and CPU utilization.

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience developing backend applications in a Linux environment using C and/or C++ programming languages.
  • Deep knowledge of computer architecture including throughput, latency, memory, and CPU utilization for performance engineering.
  • Experience creating scripts to automate manual tasks using shell scripting, TCL, Perl, or Python.
  • Ability to identify performance bottlenecks in code and implement improvements.
  • Ability to design, configure, automate, and execute performance tests.
  • Experience working in an Agile environment (preferred).

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