Lead Software Engineer

Mastercard
Atlanta
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 161,000 - 266,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Lead through delivery","End-to-end thinking","Technical communication","Quality focus","Adaptability"]

Build backend and full-stack capabilities for a next-generation Decision Management Platform that scores and approves billions of payment transactions in real time. Own technical areas end to end—design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support—while shaping architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and using design/code reviews to improve quality. Partner with product and senior stakeholders to deliver reliable APIs, workflow tools, and user-facing experiences.

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Lead Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Build backend and full-stack capabilities for a next-generation Decision Management Platform that scores and approves billions of payment transactions in real time. Own technical areas end to end—design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support—while shaping architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and using design/code reviews to improve quality. Partner with product and senior stakeholders to deliver reliable APIs, workflow tools, and user-facing experiences.
Location: Atlanta
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own backend and full-stack capabilities from problem definition through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
  • •Design and build scalable services, APIs, workflow tooling, frontend experiences, and integrations.
  • •Set technical direction and make pragmatic architecture decisions aligned to maintainable solutions.
  • •Use design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on coaching to raise engineering quality and reduce complexity.
  • •Write code and build prototypes, using AI coding tools to improve speed, quality, and team effectiveness.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 161,000 - 266,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Strong hands-on software engineering experience building backend services, APIs, full-stack applications, or complex production systems.
  • •Experience owning technical areas end to end, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
  • •Strong fundamentals in software design, architecture, API design, data modeling, testing, code review, secure coding, performance, and troubleshooting.
  • •Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction through design reviews and code reviews.
  • •Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience:PaymentsDigital paymentsReal-time systems
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Skills:Lead through deliveryEnd-to-end thinkingTechnical communicationQuality focusAdaptability
Tech Stack:APIsLLM-enabled product experiencesAI-assisted developmentAgentic harnesses

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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