Lead Software Engineer

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Lead Software Engineer(Recorded Future)Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

In support of the ongoing operation and evolution of the CDIP platform, Mastercard is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead a team of developers, including both internal employees and Statement-of-Work contractors. This leader will oversee the deployment, operation, and continuous enhancement of the platform while ensuring alignment with organizational standards and data governance requirements.

The ideal candidates will help build and enhance a platform that leverages Databricks to ingest Recorded Future data, evaluate it alongside comparable Mastercard datasets to uncover synergies and actionable patterns, and ultimately enable a scalable pipeline for commercializing these insights within Mastercard products

Role

• Lead and mentor development teams in the day to day execution of CDIP build, deployment, and enhancement activities
• Collaborate closely with internal architecture and leadership teams to ensure developers clearly understand requirements, design intent, and recommended solution patterns
• Coordinate across internal and external partners to ensure full alignment with Mastercard policies, standards, and compliance expectations
• Proactively surface risks and blockers to leadership to maintain transparency and ensure timely resolution
• Drive engineering best practices, including code quality, testing standards, and operational excellence across the development lifecycle
• Support platform reliability and performance, including monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement of operational processes
• Contribute to technical strategy, offering insights on tooling, automation, and architectural enhancements that strengthen the CDIP ecosystem

All About You

• The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record of increasing technical responsibility and demonstrate strong leadership, communication, and problem solving capabilities. The candidate will:
• Cultivate and elevate development teams, providing guidance and support to junior engineers
• Communicate effectively with both technical teams and senior leadership
• Challenge design decisions thoughtfully, proposing stronger alternatives when appropriate
• Collaborate across teams to identify synergies and align efforts
• Translate complex technical issues into clear, concise explanations
• Identify complementary products or services that enhance customer value
• Recognize resource gaps and propose sustainable, well reasoned solutions
• Maintain a solution oriented mindset, consistently seeking paths to resolve challenges
• Drive continuous improvement, advocating for best practices and elevating engineering standards


#LI-FT1Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

THIS POSTING RELECTS ONE OR MORE CURRENT VACANCIES ON OUR TEAM, AND MASTERCARD INTENDS TO FILL THIS POSITION BY 07/15/2026. If the fill date has passed, Mastercard intends to fill this position as soon as possible.



Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $140,000 - $231,000 USD