Vice President, Software Engineering

Vice President, Software Engineering

Mastercard is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead the Developer Workbench, a strategic platform designed to deliver a unified, AI-enabled, end-to-end software engineering experience across the enterprise.

The Developer Workbench will bring together core engineering products, developer tools, AI-assisted coding capabilities, development environments, testing workflows, deployment pipelines, cloud development experiences, and developer insights into one cohesive platform. This leader will be accountable for transforming the Workbench from a set of disconnected tools and services into a productized developer experience that improves productivity, accelerates onboarding, increases adoption of modern engineering capabilities, and strengthens governance across the software development lifecycle.

This is a senior engineering leadership role for a builder, integrator, and enterprise change leader who can operate across product, engineering, architecture, security, finance, learning, and senior technology leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Developer Workbench Engineering Strategy
• Build a Unified Developer Experience
• Drive AI-Native Engineering Capabilities
• Own Tooling Governance and Platform Stewardship
• Build and Lead a High-Performing Engineering Organization
• Partner Across the Enterprise

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• 8+ years of experience leading large engineering teams or platform engineering organizations.
• Proven experience building or scaling developer platforms, internal engineering platforms, DevEx organizations, cloud platforms, DevOps platforms, or engineering productivity functions.
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices, CI/CD, cloud-native architecture, platform engineering, developer tooling, quality engineering, and secure software delivery.
• Experience leading complex enterprise technology transformations in a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and align cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong track record of building high-performing teams and developing engineering leaders.
• Experience using data, telemetry, and metrics to improve engineering productivity and platform adoption.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI-assisted software development tools and emerging agentic engineering workflows.
• Experience integrating developer tools across IDEs, source control, CI/CD, testing, deployment, observability, and cloud environments.
• Background in developer experience, platform engineering, SRE, DevOps, cloud engineering, or engineering enablement.
• Experience supporting large-scale developer communities in a global enterprise.
• Familiarity with engineering productivity measurement, developer satisfaction metrics, and platform adoption frameworks.
• Experience managing tooling governance, vendor platforms, and enterprise-wide technology standards.

Leadership Attributes

• A visionary platform builder who can turn strategy into execution.
• A developer advocate who understands engineers as customers.
• A systems thinker who can simplify fragmented experiences.
• A strong technical leader who can operate at both architecture and executive levels.
• A change agent who can drive adoption across a large enterprise.
• A pragmatic operator who balances innovation, governance, cost, and delivery.
• A collaborative leader who builds trust across product, engineering, finance, security, and executive stakeholders.
• A metrics-driven leader focused on measurable business and developer outcomes.

Mastercard 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 View email address on click.appcast.io 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.

Pay Ranges

New York City, New York: $254,000 - $407,000 USD