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Vice President, Software Development Engineering

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Mastercard

9d ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Expert Level
  • Software Engineering
    Business, Operations & Strategy
  • Dublin

AI generated summary

  • You need strong IT experience, a track record in large-scale development, hands-on full stack skills, knowledge of payments ecosystems, and the ability to lead and manage complex projects effectively.
  • You’ll lead software development, drive innovation, collaborate with stakeholders, manage teams, optimize budgets, and ensure high-quality digital payment solutions while reporting to senior management.

Requirements

  • - Passion for bringing solutions to market, strong IT experience with successful track record in managing medium-to-large scale development organization with demonstrated thought-leadership, cross-functional influence, and partnership
  • - Balanced decision-maker who leverages data, insights, and competitive analysis to prioritize key strategies needed to scale funds movement solutions for futuristic needs such as distributed ledger technology
  • - Trusted partner with internal and external stakeholders - providing consultative technical and business leadership
  • - Understanding of various Payments schemes and ecosystems
  • - Hands-on experience in designing solutions and full stack development in modern technologies for large enterprise distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications
  • - Experience with Microservices in Java, building UI/UX, frameworks (Angular, spring boot) and event driven architecture
  • - Experience in deploying applications using CI/CD pipelines
  • - Knowledge of performance engineering, tuning, and building technology products for scale, a plus
  • - Develop leaders within the team - empowered to operate autonomously with support when needed
  • - Operate with urgency, fairness, and decency to address challenges and solve for new opportunities
  • - Capable of working under pressure - navigating complex initiatives, competing priorities and customer requirements
  • - Strong communicator to maintain internal and external alignment
  • - Familiar with cutting edge industry trends and thorough understanding of development methodologies and standards
  • - Ability to manage objectives and pipelines, build business cases, define success metrics, and interpret P&L to optimize the business

Responsibilities

  • - End-to-End technical leader who brings considerable experience designing and implementing digital payment solutions using a broad range of technologies.
  • - Provides strategic thinking and leadership related to a wide range of applications and systems, or software-development methodologies.
  • - Collaborates with business/product owners to develop and deliver on new services to address market, customer, and product needs.
  • - Ensures effective collaboration, communication, and socialization to drive the creation and implementation of a comprehensive strategy and road map.
  • - Oversees the management of the Software Engineering function and acts as the highest authority on high-level and complex decisions within the function.
  • - Benchmark and drive engineering productivity, quality, and technology policy compliance in the areas of ownership.
  • - Recruit and hire the right talent, always bringing in someone better than at least half the individuals in the role.
  • - Continuously engage and improve teams' performance by conducting recurring meetings, knowing your people, managing career development, and understanding who is at risk.
  • - Provide and facilitate timely feedback, coaching in the moment, and mentoring for staff at all levels.
  • - Emulate and drive Mastercard Way behaviours through their behaviour, recognitions, coaching, and employee engagement.
  • - Manage and optimize budgets, forecasting, and cost allocation while delivering on business needs.
  • - Sets the vision for an environment of ingenuity and creativity and acts as a role model for others in challenging the status quo to encourage innovation.
  • - Lead & manage multiple work streams across functional & geographic divisions within Mastercard.
  • - Updates Senior and Executive Management on status of high visibility initiatives.

FAQs

What is the primary purpose of the Vice President, Software Development Engineering role?

The primary purpose of this role is to connect and power an inclusive digital economy by designing and implementing digital payment solutions, enhancing and modernizing the Commercial business-to-business (B2B) digital payments services, and overseeing a global engineering organization.

What are the main responsibilities of the Vice President, Software Development Engineering?

The main responsibilities include leading software engineering efforts, collaborating with product owners, managing the engineering function, driving productivity and quality, recruiting talent, providing mentoring, managing budgets, and overseeing multiple work streams across divisions.

What qualifications are needed for the Vice President, Software Development Engineering position?

Candidates should have strong IT experience, a successful track record in managing medium-to-large scale development organizations, experience in designing solutions in modern technologies, knowledge of payments ecosystems, and strong leadership skills.

What technologies should candidates be familiar with for this role?

Candidates should be familiar with Microservices in Java, UI/UX frameworks such as Angular and Spring Boot, event-driven architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and performance engineering for scalable systems.

Will I be leading diverse teams?

Yes, this role involves developing and engaging with high-performing diverse teams around the globe.

Is experience with digital payments required for this position?

Yes, an understanding of various payments schemes and ecosystems is essential for this role.

How does Mastercard define its culture?

Mastercard's culture is driven by its decency quotient (DQ), which emphasizes inclusion, respect for individual strengths and experiences, and the belief that differences lead to better decision-making and innovation.

Are there opportunities for professional development in this role?

Yes, there are opportunities to develop leaders within the team and to manage career development, ensuring continuous performance improvement.

How is performance evaluated in this position?

Performance is evaluated based on effective collaboration, technology policy compliance, engineering productivity, and the successful implementation of strategic initiatives.

What is expected regarding corporate security responsibility?

All individuals working for or on behalf of Mastercard are expected to abide by security policies, ensure the confidentiality of information, report any security violations, and complete mandatory security training.

Mastercard

Connecting Everyone to Priceless Possibilities

Consulting
Industry
10,001+
Employees
1966
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.