Director, Software Engineering - Java
Mastercard
Director, Software Engineering - Java
Overview
The Director, Software Engineering will lead the engineering strategy, delivery, and operational excellence for Mastercard’s Next Generation File Transfer (NGFT) platform—our strategic solution for modernizing file transfer across global products and regions.
This role is accountable for ensuring platform stability, scalability, and regulatory compliance, while enabling the migration from legacy systems and supporting critical business flows such as clearing and settlement.
Major Accountabilities
Own end-to-end delivery and health of the NGFT platform, including core transfer engine, orchestration, and supporting services.
Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap, balancing platform stability with long-term modernization
Lead and develop multiple engineering teams and managers across global locations
Drive operational excellence, including platform observability, incident management, and resiliency improvements.
Ensure architecture supports scalability, modularity, and high availability across multi-region deployments.
Partner with Product, TPM, SRE, and business stakeholders to deliver critical platform capabilities and migrations
Represent engineering in executive forums, communicating risks, progress, and strategic direction
Establish and enforce engineering best practices across SDLC, testing, and security. Leadership & Team Management
Build and scale a high-performing engineering organization, including managers and senior technical leaders
Drive a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement
Coach and mentor leaders to improve engineering quality, delivery predictability, and talent development All About You Experience
Extensive experience in software engineering with progressive leadership (managing managers)
Proven success leading large-scale, mission-critical platforms or infrastructure systems
Experience in distributed systems, high-availability environments, and regulated industries Technical Expertise Strong understanding of:
Distributed and microservices-based architectures
Event-driven and reactive systems
File transfer and integration technologies (e.g., SFTP)
Scalability, performance, and resiliency engineering
Experience driving observability, automation, and reliability engineering practices
Align global teams to execute against shared platform priorities and timelines Leadership Skills
Strategic mindset with ability to balance long-term vision and short-term execution
Strong decision-making in high-pressure, ambiguous environments.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive engagement
Ability to influence across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams 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.
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