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Mastercard · 2 days ago

Vice President, Software Engineering - Send

O'Fallon, MO

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$212K/yr - $339K/yr

15+ years exp

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, aiming to connect and power an inclusive digital economy. They are seeking a Vice President of Software Engineering to lead the Send program, focusing on strategic, technical, and people leadership across multiple engineering teams.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyPayments

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop technical vision and execution for the Send engineering organization, aligned to product and platform roadmap

Lead architecture and design decisions for large-scale Java distributed systems, including event-driven architectures, messaging/streaming platforms, APIs, and data stores

Drive platform modernization initiatives (e.g., cloud adoption, containerization, service decomposition, resilience patterns, performance optimization)

Establish and enforce engineering standards for code quality, security, scalability, performance, and reliability

Act as a senior technical authority, is able to dive deep into complex system behaviors, failure modes, and trade-offs when required

Champion an SRE-informed operating model with strong focus on availability, latency, throughput, error budgets, and recovery objectives

Ensure robust incident, problem, and change management practices with measurable improvements in stability and customer impact reduction

Drive proactive risk identification through FMEA, resiliency testing, chaos engineering, and dependency readiness reviews

Partner with infrastructure, network, and security teams to ensure end-to-end observability, fault isolation, and predictable performance

Accountable for meeting and exceeding operational SLAs/SLOs

Work in lockstep with Product Management to translate business strategy into clear, executable engineering roadmaps

Balance speed of delivery with platform availability, resiliency, regulatory obligations, and long-term maintainability

Engage directly with strategic customers and partners on technical architecture, onboarding, incident reviews, and roadmap alignment

Represent engineering perspectives in executive forums, customer briefings, and regulator or partner discussions

Ensure the platform meets all regulatory, security & compliance requirements (e.g., data protection, auditability, resilience)

Embed secure-by-design and privacy-by-design principles into engineering workflows

Own engineering inputs into risk assessments, audits, and regulatory engagements

Drive disciplined handling of production access, change approvals, and related controls

Build, lead, and retain high-performing engineering leaders and teams in St. Louis

Create a strong engineering culture grounded in ownership, accountability, learning, and continuous improvement

Foster diversity of thought, inclusive leadership, and cross-site collaboration

Coach and develop teams with clear focus on succession planning

Drive consistent performance management, feedback, and career growth aligned to organizational expectations

Actively manage engineering budget including headcount planning, vendor spend & tooling investments

Make disciplined recommendations & trade-offs between run, change, and transform investments

Ensure transparent reporting of delivery progress, operational health, and financial efficiency to senior leadership

Support business cases and investment proposals with strong technical and economic rationale

Qualification

Java-based distributed systemsReal-time payment platformsCloud-native architecturesAgile SDLC practicesOperational excellenceRisk managementExecutive communicationBudget managementCross-site collaborationTeam leadership

Required

Proven experience building and operating real-time payment or money movement platforms, including high throughput, low latency systems at scale

Deep hands-on background in Java based distributed systems, with a strong grasp of performance, resilience, and scalability trade-offs

Strong foundation in cloud-native architectures and operating hybrid platforms

Demonstrated track record of driving delivery while improving platform stability and operational maturity

Experienced in agile and modern SDLC practices (Scrum/Kanban/Continuous Delivery/DevOps/Quality engineering) and the delivery situations they are used for

Strong understanding of risk & issue management in regulated environments

Experience partnering with product, operations, risk, and customer teams in a matrixed environment

Ability to align engineering investments to business outcomes and customer value

Experience owning budgets, forecasting spend and optimizing cost structures

Demonstrated success leading large, multi-team engineering organizations, including globally distributed teams

Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical topics to non-technical audiences

15+ years of software engineering experience with significant leadership responsibilities

Benefits

Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)

Flexible spending account and health savings account

Paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)

80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time

25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire

10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays

401k with a best-in-class company match

Deferred compensation for eligible roles

Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities

Eligibility for tuition reimbursement

Company

Mastercard

Glassdoor4.2

Mastercard is a financial network that processes payments between banks and cardholders.

Founded in 1966

Purchase, New York, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.mastercard.com

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