Mastercard
Fintech · Card network
- HQ
- Purchase, US
- Founded
- 1979
- Size
- 35,000+
- Website
- mastercard.com
Mastercard currently has 16 active job listings related to artificial intelligence. The majority of these roles, 50%, are focused on serving infrastructure. Engineering is the primary function for these AI positions, with the United States being the top hiring country. Frequent technical tags include model serving, agent orchestration, and inference infrastructure, suggesting a focus on deploying and managing AI models. In the last 30 days, Mastercard has posted 23 new AI roles, representing a 667% increase from the previous 30-day period.
Fintech · Card network
Currently tracking 3 active AI roles, down 64% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $156k–$265k (avg $211k).
Mastercard currently has 7 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Senior Software Engineer (2), Foundry R&D Software Engineer II, Lead Software Engineer, Manager, Software Engineering, Principal Software Engineer. Most positions are in Engineering.
Mastercard's active AI hiring is concentrated in: serving infrastructure (43%), application (29%), agents (29%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Mastercard is hiring AI talent in: United States (4 roles), Ireland (3 roles).
Job postings at Mastercard most frequently reference: model serving, inference infra, agent orchestration, fine tuning, tool use.
In the past 30 days, Mastercard has posted 11 new AI-related roles. That is a -35% change versus the prior 30 days (17 → 11).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer II Mastercard is seeking an AI/ML Data Engineer II to design, build, and operationalize graph-driven ML solutions. This role focuses on building and scaling knowledge graphs, developing data pipelines, and implementing ML pipelines for training, validation, deployment, and serving of graph-based ML models. The role requires a strong background in Machine Learning Engineering and Data Engineering, with specialization in graph-based systems. | DataPost-train | 7 |
| Manager Software Engineering Manager Software Engineering at Mastercard, responsible for managing software development and delivery of products and solutions using cutting-edge technologies including big data, distributed systems, and machine learning. The role involves managing engineering teams, driving prioritization, providing architectural guidance, and ensuring quality and performance benchmarks are met. Requires full-stack development experience with Java, Springboot, Microservices, and cloud-native environments, along with system design and architecture expertise. Experience using AI tools and exploring new skillsets is mentioned. |
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| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer role at Mastercard focused on developing authentication and security solutions. The role involves designing, developing, and scaling high-quality software, with a requirement for knowledge and hands-on experience with AI Agents, though AI is not the core craft. | — | 5 |
| Principal Software Engineer Principal Software Engineer to drive the overall architecture for the Mastercard Commercial Solutions platform, focusing on microservices, global scale, high-transaction volume, and cloud-native technologies within the fintech industry. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer (Mainframe Developer) Mastercard is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Mainframe Developer) in Pune, India. The role involves designing and developing high-performance software for core payment functionalities, including Authorization, Clearing, and Debit. Responsibilities include leading initiatives for automation and quality, coordinating with global teams, and acting as a technical lead for solution proposals. Experience with COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, and Microfocus COBOL is required, with Java/J2EE and Springboot being an advantage. The role requires experience in batch and online development, CI/CD, and quality initiatives. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Automation Testing & Java Coding Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on Automation Testing and Java Coding for their Decision Management Platform team. This role involves developing and testing industry-leading solutions for fraud detection and cardholder identity validation, processing billions of transactions with high performance and availability. The engineer will be responsible for regression testing, code quality, API testing, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Test Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Test to provide technical leadership and expertise within the development lifecycle for a payment authentication and security solutions platform. The role involves QA, Load Testing, and Automation of various data-driven pipelines, managing testing infrastructure, and ensuring end-to-end functionality is fully tested. The candidate will be an integrated part of an Agile engineering team, working with software engineers, architects, and product managers. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II Software Engineer II responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture. The role involves full SDLC ownership, ensuring reliability, performance, and maintainability of systems, collaborating across teams, and supporting production systems. Emphasis on quality, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II (Backend Developer) Software Engineer II (Backend Developer) for Mastercard's Decision Management Platform, focusing on developing new capabilities for fraud detection and cardholder identity validation. The role involves full systems development lifecycle, from design to deployment, for a high-performance Java-based platform processing billions of transactions. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II Software Engineer II responsible for programming, testing, implementation, documentation, maintenance and support of systems application software. Researches technical solutions for business needs and develops high quality, secure, scalable software solutions. Performs feasibility studies and analysis. Participates in on-call support. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer for Mastercard's Transfer Solutions team, focusing on designing, building, and operating technology for next-generation payment applications including Domestic, Cross Border, and Bill Payments. The role involves owning complex problems, writing code, enhancing services, participating in agile processes, and driving engineering excellence in a global team. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Mastercard's Program Modernization team seeks a Senior Software Engineer to drive transformation and modernization across technology, risk, and service operations. The role focuses on establishing foundations for scalable programs, resilient systems, and control governance, enabling programs to thrive in evolving regulatory environments. This involves designing and delivering data-driven solutions that fulfill assurance obligations and regulatory requirements by building real-time tools for control monitoring and compliance. The engineer will be responsible for the analysis, design, development, and delivery of technology control-driven solutions, ensuring ongoing compliance with security and technology control standards. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Software Engineering (Golang, gRPC) Manager of Software Engineering role at Mastercard, focusing on Golang and gRPC. Responsibilities include supervising a team, improving software processes, setting strategic direction, and mentoring engineers. Requires experience in Go, gRPC, Docker, and Agile methodologies. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer at Mastercard's Artificial Intelligence & Decision Product Enablement (AI & DPE) team, focusing on real-time streaming analytics for intelligent decision-based products to support Cyber Intelligence and Fraud Prevention. The role involves owning complex problems, writing and reviewing code, defining solutions, driving prioritization, automating delivery, ensuring seamless integration, and promoting best practices. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II Software Engineer II for the Decision Management Program at Mastercard in Pune. This role involves building and shipping intelligent decision-based products using streaming analytics, business rules, and AI engines. Responsibilities include hands-on coding in Java, mentoring the team, driving quality engineering, automating test processes, and collaborating with development teams. The role requires strong Java skills, experience with Spring, unit testing, SQL, and high-performance applications. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer Principal Software Engineer for Mastercard's Transfer Solutions team, focusing on building and scaling next-generation payment applications in the real-time payments space. The role involves hands-on coding, technical leadership, and coaching engineers, with a strong emphasis on domain-driven design, microservices, and resilient distributed systems. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer for Mastercard's Cross Border Services team in Pune, focusing on cloud transformation and building innovative, scalable payment solutions for global markets. The role involves defining technical strategy, architecture, design, and hands-on coding, with a mix of technical leadership and mentoring. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer for Mastercard's Decision Management Platform, focusing on developing new capabilities for fraud detection and cardholder identity validation. The role involves direct software development, design, implementation, and leading team activities within an Agile environment. It requires a strong understanding of the full software development lifecycle and experience with Java-based, multi-tiered, message-oriented systems. | — | 0 |
| Manager - Software Engineering (C, C++) Manager of Software Engineering responsible for the analysis, design, development, and delivery of software solutions for Mastercard's Transaction Switching program, which supports credit, debit, prepaid, and commercial portfolios across various channels. The role involves managing a team, ensuring secure coding standards, improving system architecture, and optimizing deployment processes. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Java Backend Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with Java backend experience to join their Operations & Technology Fraud Products team. This role involves developing new capabilities for the Decision Management Platform, which is crucial for combating fraud and validating cardholder identity. The platform processes billions of transactions monthly with high performance and availability. The engineer will be responsible for direct software development, system design, CI/CD, cloud platforms, and ensuring secure coding standards. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer (Java Backend Developer) Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Java Backend Developer) for their Operations & Technology – Fraud Products team. This role involves developing new capabilities for the Decision Management Platform, a core system for fraud combat and cardholder identity validation. The platform processes billions of transactions per month in milliseconds, requiring high performance and availability. The engineer will be responsible for the end-to-end SDLC, including design, development, testing, deployment, and production support, with a focus on delivering industry-leading fraud prevention solutions. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer - R Software Engineer role within Mastercard's Economics Institute focused on data visualization, R package development, R Markdown/Quarto for content creation, Shiny app development, and working with databases and version control. The role involves creating compelling data visualizations and automating analysis for economic insights. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer at Mastercard, focusing on developing and maintaining secure software solutions within the fintech domain. The role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams and driving innovation. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer (Senior Software Engineer in Test) Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to drive Quality Engineering best practices, collaborate with development teams to enhance software development processes, and build high-quality software. The role involves creating test automation, test infrastructure, and performing code analysis to ensure software quality and stability within an Agile environment. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II (Mainframe Developer) Software Engineer II (Mainframe Developer) responsible for developing Authorization, Clearing, Debit, and other major functionalities for Mastercard's Core Payments systems. Requires proficiency in COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, PROC, Microfocus COBOL, TWS Scheduler, and DB2 LUW. The role involves designing and developing high-performance software, leading automation and quality initiatives, and coordinating with global teams. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer - Automation Testing & Java Coding Lead Software Engineer role focused on developing and testing automation for Mastercard's Decision Management Platform, a Java-based system for fraud detection and cardholder identity validation. The role involves direct software development, mentoring, performance testing, and ensuring adherence to security and quality standards within an Agile SAFe framework. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Software Engineering - Java Seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a service group in Mastercard's Decision Management Platform for fraud detection. This role focuses on driving engineering excellence, scaling delivery, and fostering innovation within a team building industry-leading fraud fighting solutions. Requires experience in distributed/scalable systems, high-volume transactions, and fintech. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Pune, India, to focus on software quality engineering and test automation. The role involves participating in requirements discussions, test planning, test scenario and case creation, test data generation, and test execution across various testing types including API, UI, performance, compatibility, and security. The engineer will design and develop test automation scenarios using technologies like Java, Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber/Jbehave, Soap UI, Jmeter, Spring framework, REST, JSON, and Karate Framework. Responsibilities include translating requirements into test requirements, implementing complex automation efforts, performing exploratory testing, managing defects, documenting processes, and supporting CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have 6-9 years of experience, strong SQL skills, experience with Agile methodologies, and excellent communication skills. | — | 0 |
| Director, Software Engineering Director of Engineering to lead platform transformation, drive engineering excellence, and scale global delivery for Mastercard's Xborder Services team. This role aligns technology strategy with business outcomes while building high-performing teams and delivering resilient, scalable platforms. | — | 0 |
| Principal, Software Engineering Principal Software Engineer for Mastercard's Authorization Decisioning team, responsible for leading technical initiatives, designing and delivering software solutions for a high-volume, global payments platform. Focuses on technical leadership, architectural design, and hands-on development within the financial services industry, ensuring compliance and scalability. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software engineer (Java Full stack Developer) Lead Software Engineer with full-stack Java development experience, focusing on designing, developing, and deploying secure, reliable, and scalable solutions for globally distributed customer-facing products within the fintech domain. The role involves mentoring junior team members and working with stakeholders in an agile environment. Experience with DWH concepts, large data processing, and cloud/DevOps architecture is desirable. Exposure to trending technologies like AI/ML and coding agents is a plus. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Software Engineer (Performance Engineering) This role focuses on performance engineering within Mastercard's Quality Engineering team. The engineer will be responsible for developing and implementing holistic performance strategies, conducting performance testing, analysis, and tuning across various business verticals. The role requires deep understanding of architecture stacks, performance patterns, and tools to optimize system performance early in the development lifecycle. Key responsibilities include mentoring a team, developing real-time performance dashboards, and defining best practices for application performance management, particularly in emerging technologies. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II Software Engineer II responsible for programming, testing, implementation, documentation, maintenance and support of systems application software. Researches technical solutions for business needs and develops high quality, secure, scalable software solutions. Performs feasibility studies and analysis. Participates in on-call support. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer at Mastercard, focusing on hands-on development, design, implementation, and delivery of software solutions using Agile principles. The role emphasizes writing high-quality, secure, modular, and testable code, leading engineering efforts, introducing new technologies, and guiding development staff. Responsibilities include contributing to all phases of the software lifecycle, owning team software, and maintaining deep knowledge of its characteristics and dependencies. Collaboration in a global environment and strong foundational computer science concepts are key. The role requires proficiency in modern programming languages (like Java), cloud technologies, micro-services, CI/CD, DevOps, and scalable, fault-tolerant platform design, with experience in migrating monolithic systems. Strong database knowledge and analytical skills are preferred. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Azure Platform Engineering team. The role involves implementing solutions to manage Azure infrastructure via code, improving the lifecycle of Azure platform services, and scaling systems sustainably through automation. Responsibilities include designing and developing scalable platform solutions, practicing incident response, and troubleshooting large-scale systems on the Azure platform. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Mastercard's Open Finance Analytics team seeks a Senior Software Engineer to drive product development. The role involves building high-quality, secure, scalable software solutions, partnering with Data Science and Product teams, and adhering to development best practices. The ideal candidate has a strong software engineering background, experience with REST services, SQL, Docker, and languages like Python or Golang, and is comfortable with common development tools and processes. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Software Engineering Seeking a visionary and results-driven Engineering Manager to lead a service group in Mastercard's critical Decision Management Platform for fraud detection. This role is pivotal in driving engineering excellence, scaling delivery capabilities, and fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. The manager will align engineering strategy with business goals, mentor high-performing teams, and ensure the successful delivery of complex software solutions. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer role focused on end-to-end testing, planning, designing, and developing technical solutions, quality gating, automation strategy, and ensuring performance and scalability for applications and platforms within the fintech domain. The role involves working closely with development and QA teams, analyzing code review reports, and driving best practices for testing. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer role at Mastercard focused on building cloud-native microservices and full-stack applications for the B2B financial space. Requires strong Java, PCF, and Angular skills, with experience in large-scale storage solutions and Agile methodologies. The role emphasizes collaboration, code quality, security, and adherence to Mastercard's engineering best practices. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - IOS Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their MDES team in Vadodara, India. The role involves developing microservices-based enterprise applications using Java J2EE and developing portals for customer care and end-users. The engineer will be responsible for coding high-quality, scalable, operable, and highly available applications, writing unit and integration tests, and providing task status and estimates. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with iOS technologies (Objective C, iOS SDK, Xcode, UI Development with UI kit/Swift UI/Combine Framework), integrating with REST APIs, writing unit tests, and using GIT within an Agile environment. Experience in the payments domain and knowledge of security concepts are desirable. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend Mastercard is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with 8-12 years of Java backend experience to join their Operations & Technology Fraud Products team. This role involves developing new capabilities for the Decision Management Platform, which processes billions of transactions monthly to combat fraud and validate cardholder identity. The platform is Java-based, message-oriented, and requires high performance and availability. The engineer will be responsible for the full software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, CI/CD, and mentoring junior team members. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Android Senior Software Engineer - Android role at Mastercard, focusing on developing microservices-based enterprise applications using Java J2EE and Android technologies. Responsibilities include coding, design, testing, and mentoring. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II (Software Engineer in Test ) Software Engineer II (Software Engineer in Test) responsible for driving Quality Engineering best practices, collaborating with development teams to enhance software development processes, build high-quality software, and automate test and release processes. The role requires strong software development skills on par with software developers to build test automation and infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer - Treasury Services Principal Software Engineer for Treasury Services at Mastercard, focusing on modernizing data flows and leading the design and delivery of event-driven microservices for the Treasury Management System (TMS). The role involves architecting data integration pipelines, driving platform hardening, defining integration architecture, establishing eventing patterns, and ensuring compliance with financial reporting standards. Requires strong Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices experience, with a proven track record in integrating vendor TMS systems and cross-organizational influence. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - CS Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Pune, India, to be responsible for the analysis, design, development, and delivery of software solutions. This role involves defining requirements, developing and testing applications, and providing leadership and mentoring to team members. The engineer will manage the full systems development lifecycle, including maintenance, incident management, and on-call support, while also researching new technologies and participating in Proofs of Concept. The position requires a broad understanding of Software Engineering concepts and methodologies, with a preference for experience in delivering secure solutions within the Financial Services Sector. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack (Java, Micro-services, React/Angular) Lead Software Engineer for Mastercard's Merchant Acceptance Program, focusing on full-stack development (Java, Microservices, React/Angular) in a Cloud Native, Agile environment. Responsibilities include technical leadership, mentoring, ensuring quality and performance, and driving automation initiatives. Requires strong Java, Spring Boot, and cloud experience. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Mastercard's Internal Cloud Platforms team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to maintain and operate cloud platforms and supporting services. The role involves responding to incidents, improving system resiliency through design contributions, and automating repetitive tasks. Responsibilities include creating monitoring systems, writing automation code for issue detection and recovery, and identifying automation for initial responders. Experience with vSphere, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Concourse pipelines, XML Gateways, API technology, and F5 load balancers is required, along with familiarity with multiple cloud vendors. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer (Java Backend Developer with experience in designing, developing, coding) Mastercard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with experience in designing, developing, and coding software solutions. The role involves defining requirements, developing and testing applications, and providing technical leadership and mentoring. Responsibilities include full systems development lifecycle management, system maintenance, incident problem management, and researching new technologies. The position also requires adherence to quality assurance and control processes, and coordination of offshore development. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer (Java Full Stack Developer with hands on experience in coding, designing, developing, architecture) Lead Software Engineer (Java Full Stack Developer) responsible for leading software engineering projects, creating enhanced software solutions, and ensuring team activities meet SLA requirements. This role involves collaborating with business and technical partners, developing strategic technical plans, creating architecture proposals, and performing Proofs of Concept. The engineer will also partner with Project Managers on implementation, define technical scope, lead Quality Assurance and Control processes, and mentor team members. Experience in delivering secure solutions in the Financial Services Sector is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer role at Mastercard focused on building cloud-native microservices and full-stack applications for the financial ecosystem, emphasizing modern development practices, quality, and security within an Agile environment. | — | 0 |