Job Description Template – Lead Software Engg Role 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 The File Transfer Services team is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to drive our customer connectivity strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about the customer experience, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset. Role In this key position, you will: - Design and develop high-performing Java and running on Linux. Ability to work on COBOL and mainframe (z/OS) technologies is a plus.
- Ensure scalability, security, and reliability of applications on Linux-based and mainframe-based infrastructures.
- Translate complex technical solutions into business impacts for non-technical audiences.
- Lead mainframe modernization efforts, bridging legacy COBOL, JCL, DB2 systems with Linux and Java applications.
- Guide development teams in Agile best practices, ensuring consistent delivery and continuous improvement.
- Provide technical leadership in software development, system architecture, and best coding practices.
- Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and uphold coding standards.
- Mentor and coach engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Present technical strategies, incident reports, and status updates to executive leadership and senior stakeholders.
- Work closely with DevOps to automate deployments, and with BizOps to troubleshoot and resolve application, performance, and reliability issues.
- Function as Scrum Master, facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies.
All About You The ideal candidate for this position should possess: - 8+ years of software development experience in Java/Linux with strong shell scripting and Linux command line skills. Experience working on Mainframe technologies is a plus.
- 3+ years of experience with file transfer applications like Connect Direct, and file transfer protocols like SFTP, FTPS, etc..
- 3+ years of experience writing, optimizing, and automating tasks using Linux shell scripting.
- Hands-on experience with IBM mainframe technologies, including COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, and z/OS.
- Expert in SQL queries and relational databases (DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
- Familiar with secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP, CWE, SEI CERT) and vulnerability management.
- Awareness of security standards and RFC’s such as X.509 Certificates, SSH Keys, PGP encryption.
- Has skills to orchestrate release workflows and pipelines and apply standardized pipelines via APIs to achieve CI and CD objectives using industry standard tools (e.g., Jenkins, XL Release, others).
- Understands how to build robust tests to minimize defect leakage by performing regression, performance, deployment verification, and release testing.
- Experience working as technical lead and/or Scrum Master.
- Good knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
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