Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Overview:
Mastercard’s Commercial Customer Experience team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing software solutions that power critical customer experiences and business capabilities.
This is a hands-on full-stack engineering role with a strong focus on backend development using Java and Spring Boot, while also contributing to modern web applications built with Angular. The ideal candidate will have experience building enterprise-scale applications, microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven systems using streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka. You will play a key role in developing cloud-native solutions, driving engineering excellence, and delivering resilient, customer-focused products in a collaborative Agile environment.
You will work from Mastercard's technology hub in a collaborative, Agile environment alongside talented engineers, product managers, technical program managers, and test engineers.
This is a hybrid role based in Arlington, VA, requiring three days per week onsite.

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 decentrajobs.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.

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 12/30/2026.

Arlington, Virginia: $132,000 - $212,000 USD