Director, Software Engineering - Java

Mastercard
Pune
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Strategic mindset","Decision-making","Communication","Stakeholder management","Influencing"]

Lead engineering strategy and delivery for Mastercard’s Next Generation File Transfer (NGFT) platform, responsible for end-to-end health, stability, scalability, and regulatory compliance. Drive long-term modernization and migration from legacy systems while supporting critical clearing and settlement flows. Manage and develop multiple engineering teams across global locations, strengthen observability and incident management practices, and ensure scalable, modular, high-availability architecture for multi-region deployments.

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Director, Software Engineering - Java

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Job Summary

Lead engineering strategy and delivery for Mastercard’s Next Generation File Transfer (NGFT) platform, responsible for end-to-end health, stability, scalability, and regulatory compliance. Drive long-term modernization and migration from legacy systems while supporting critical clearing and settlement flows. Manage and develop multiple engineering teams across global locations, strengthen observability and incident management practices, and ensure scalable, modular, high-availability architecture for multi-region deployments.
Location: Pune
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own end-to-end delivery and health of the NGFT platform, including the core transfer engine, orchestration, and supporting services.
  • •Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap, balancing stability with modernization.
  • •Lead and develop multiple engineering teams and managers across global locations.
  • •Drive operational excellence through platform observability, incident management, and resiliency improvements.
  • •Establish and enforce engineering best practices across SDLC, testing, and security, and represent engineering in executive forums.

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive software engineering experience with progressive leadership, managing managers.
  • •Proven success leading large-scale, mission-critical platforms or infrastructure systems.
  • •Experience with distributed systems, high-availability environments, and regulated industries.
  • •Strong understanding of distributed and microservices-based architectures and event-driven/reactive systems.
  • •Experience driving observability, automation, and reliability engineering practices.
Experience:Distributed systemsMicroservicesRegulated industriesMission-critical platforms
Skills:Strategic mindsetDecision-makingCommunicationStakeholder managementInfluencing
Tech Stack:JavaMicroservicesDistributed systemsEvent-drivenReactive systemsFile transferHTTPSFTPObservabilityAutomationReliability engineeringSDLCIncident managementHigh availabilityMulti-region deployments

Company Brief

Mastercard
Mastercard is a global payments and technology company that processes transactions, provides fraud prevention and data services, and builds payment infrastructure for consumers, businesses, merchants and governments across 200+ countries.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Purchase, New York, United States
Founded: 1966
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