LeadSoftwareEngineer

**Our Purpose** _Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200 + countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._ **Title and Summary** ### Lead Software Engineer ### 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Role Overview You will lead the design and development of the next-generation Decision Management Platform: the real-time system that scores and approves billions of payment transactions. The role is deeply hands-on while also requiring technical leadership. You will write code, shape architecture, drive prototypes, and use AI coding tools every day to move faster and raise engineering quality across the team. You will work directly with engineers, architects, product managers, and senior stakeholders to deliver capabilities that make the platform faster, more reliable, more secure, and cheaper to run. You will influence technical direction, guide design decisions across teams, and help turn business goals into scalable engineering solutions. You’ll be joining a high‑growth team that’s actively expanding to meet increasing scale and impact. Key Respon