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Title and Summary

Lead Software Engineer

As part of an exciting, fast paced environment developing authentication and security solutions in the mobile and e-commerce space, this position will provide technical expertise within the architecture and development lifecycle for new payment authentication products and services. The person in question will specialize in biometric authentication.

• Are you interested in re-defining how MasterCard does online authentication today?

• Have you ever brought a product to market on a global scale?

• Are you motivated to stay on the cutting edge of technology?

Role

• Manage a team of developers and testers

• Develop and maintain technical biometric authentication architecture, strategy and roadmap

• Deliver innovative, cost effective technology solutions which align to enterprise architecture standards and achieve business requirements

• Work closely with other ESS architects, developers, analysts, project managers, business partners / product managers and other MasterCard technology teams to build, test and deliver new authentication features and functionality to market

• Lead technology Proof of Concept (POC) testing & vendor selection for authentication related technology

• Establish technical requirements for authentication certification programs with a strong focus on biometrics

• Ensure that staff has skills and behaviors to perform tasks fully through effective communication of goals, objectives, performance and as necessary improvement plans.

All About You

The ideal candidate would have the following primary skills:

• Experience mentoring and developing resources in a high performance culture

• Advanced knowledge of authentication techniques including biometrics on mobile and web based platforms

• Advanced experience with a variety of architectural patterns including high performance, high availability transaction processing systems and multi-tiered web applications

• Ability to innovate and develop new approaches to complex design problems

• Experience integrating vendor and open source products into an overall system

• Experience leading design and development upon mobile application solutions

• Experience specifying hardware/software requirements, and estimating complex IT efforts

• Web Services – REST/XML/ WSDL/SOAP

• J2EE Web Application/Web Services with JBoss & WebSphere

• Experience in an agile/SCRUM development organization

The ideal candidate may also possess some of these secondary skills:

• Solaris/UNIX & Red Hat Linux

• Fusion Tools including Jira, Crucible, & Bamboo

• Security Coding Techniques and Tools - Fortify, & OWASP vulnerabilities

• Hibernate & Spring

• Subversion Source Control

• Solid understanding of network and virtualized infrastructure

• Experience with distributed processing, cloud computing and Software as a Service architectures

Mastercard is an 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. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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 based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. 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 new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 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, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $138,000 - $221,000 USD