Software Principal Engineer

Software Principal Engineer (Architect) at Mastercard

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Mastercard is a global technology company specializing in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and empower an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by ensuring transactions are safe, simple, smart, and accessible.

The Virtual Card Management team is seeking a visionary and results-driven Principal Software Engineer (Architecture) to lead architecture for a service group in the critical virtual card platform for Corporate Solutions. This role drives engineering excellence, scales delivery capabilities, and fosters a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. You will align architecture and engineering strategy with business goals, mentor high-performing teams, and ensure successful delivery of complex software solutions.

This role designs and builds software that scales to global markets, enabling a secure, seamless, always-available virtual card platform. It is an engineering leadership role working with a global team passionate about delivering customer solutions.

• Lead the architecture & design of software systems and applications.
• Collaborate with product teams to understand requirements, identify solutions, and provide technical thought leadership.
• Have experience implementing Domain Driven Design methodology.
• Ensure solutions meet corporate security standards and adhere to operability principles.
  • Lead software development projects, especially at an early stage (PoC, Pilot).
  • Work across a variety of languages and frameworks.
  • Favor declarative paradigms and functional programming; focus on continuous improvement.
  • Ensure solutions are secure by design.
  • Build strong relationships with technical peers across the organization.
  Skills
  • Broad experience as a Software Engineer / Full Stack Developer.
  • Hands-on experience implementing design patterns and using multiple programming languages.
  • Experience building and operating scalable global platforms with high throughput and 5 nines availability.
  • In-depth knowledge of Java, Spring framework, persistence and messaging technologies, and testing methodologies and tools.
  • In-depth knowledge of Public Cloud platforms, containers and container orchestration.
  • Knowledge of cryptography functions and PKI infrastructure.
  All About You
  • Hands-on technical leader who demonstrates leadership, builds trust, fosters talent development, and inspires the team.
  • High-energy, detail-oriented, proactive, and able to work under pressure in an independent environment.
  • Passion for continuous learning and challenging opportunities.
  • Strong communication skills – verbal and written – with strong relationship-building, collaboration, and organizational skills.
  • Drives outcomes through timely delivery of key objectives.
  • Strong decision-making skills, leads retrospection, and continually improves.
  • Expert knowledge of software development processes and experience with one or more Application Lifecycle Management tools.
  Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with inherent risk. 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 confidentiality and integrity of information accessed.
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach.
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet