Manager, Software Engineering

at Mastercard · Fintech · O Fallon, MO +1 · Engineering

Manager, Software Engineering for Mastercard's global credit card authorization team, focusing on building advanced technologies and applications for payments. The role involves leading a cross-functional engineering team, recruiting, collaborating with stakeholders, mentoring, and owning the team's software health.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as a servant leader for a cross functional engineering team including Software Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Product Manager–Technical roles.
  2. Recruit and hire top talent, ensuring each new hire raises the bar relative to the current team.
  3. Collaborate closely with product, vendor, and architecture stakeholders on product definition, technical design, and overall delivery strategy.
  4. Act as a technical resource and mentor, helping team members grow their skills and make sound engineering decisions.
  5. Review designs, code, and implementations with an emphasis on quality, resiliency, and maintainability.

Skills

Required

  • Proven experience leading high-performing software development teams
  • Relevant hands-on experience with software development (C/C++ or Java preferred)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and driving engineering efficiency
  • Demonstrated ability to design scalable, reliable solutions for complex problem spaces
  • Familiarity with modular architectures, single responsibility services, and API design
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience with high volume, low latency systems (e.g., payment switching, high-frequency trading, real time event streaming)
  • Outstanding communication skills with all levels of the organization

Nice to have

  • Managing, coaching, and developing high-performing Agile engineering teams is preferred
  • A degree in Computer Science or a related field, preferred
  • C/C++ or Java preferred
  • Motivated, creative, and self-directed with a strong desire to thrive on small, agile teams.

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven experience leading high-performing software development teams is required.
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Job Title:

Manager, Software Engineering

Overview:

We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respect their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Mastercard’s global credit card authorization team. We facilitate billions of transactions among issuers, acquirers, and service providers worldwide. We are looking for a strong software engineering people leader to build advanced technologies and applications that revolutionize payments.

Role

As a Software Engineering People Manager, you will:

  • Serve as a servant leader for a cross functional engineering team including Software Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Product Manager–Technical roles.
  • Recruit and hire top talent, ensuring each new hire raises the bar relative to the current team.
  • Collaborate closely with product, vendor, and architecture stakeholders on product definition, technical design, and overall delivery strategy.
  • Act as a technical resource and mentor, helping team members grow their skills and make sound engineering decisions.
  • Review designs, code, and implementations with an emphasis on quality, resiliency, and maintainability.
  • Communicate clearly and confidently in department wide forums, helping convey application-level direction, progress, and priorities.
  • Coach, guide, and develop your team, ensuring goal setting, check ins, and performance management are done thoughtfully and on time.
  • Own the health of your team’s software, including runtime characteristics, maintenance behaviors, dependencies, and environmental considerations.
  • Make rapid, confident decisions in a fast-paced environment, providing clarity amid ambiguity.
  • Drive senior management communication, including delivery updates, support considerations, and escalations as needed.

All About You

  • A degree in Computer Science or a related field, preferred
  • Proven experience leading high-performing software development teams is required. Managing, coaching, and developing high-performing Agile engineering teams is preferred.
  • Relevant hands-on experience with software development is required (C/C++ or Java preferred).
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and driving engineering efficiency.
  • Motivated, creative, and self-directed with a strong desire to thrive on small, agile teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to design scalable, reliable solutions for complex problem spaces.
  • Familiarity with modular architectures, single responsibility services, and API design.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience with high volume, low latency systems (e.g., payment switching, high-frequency trading, real time event streaming).
  • Outstanding communication skills with all levels of the organization.

To find US Salary Ranges, visit People Place. Under the Compensation tab, select "Salary Structures." Within the text of "Salary Structures," click on the link "salary structures 2025," through which you will be able to access the salary ranges for each Mastercard job family. For more information regarding US benefits, visit People Place and review the Benefits tab and the Time Off & Leave tab.