Director Software Engineering Java

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200 countries and territories worldwide Together with our customers were 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 Director Software Engineering Java Overview The Director Software Engineering will lead the engineering strategy delivery and operational excellence for Mastercards Next Generation File Transfer NGFT platformour strategic solution for modernizing file transfer across global products and regions This role is accountable for ensuring platform stability scalability and regulatory compliance while enabling the migration from legacy systems and supporting critical business flows such as clearing and settlement Role Major Accountabilities Own endtoend delivery and health of the NGFT platform including core transfer engine orchestration and supporting services Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap balancing platform stability with longterm modernization Lead and develop multiple engineering teams and managers across global locations Drive operational excellence including platform observability incident management and resiliency improvements Ensure architecture supports scalability modularity and high availability across multiregion deployments Partner with Product TPM SRE and business stakeholders to deliver critical platform capabilities and migrations Represent engineering in executive forums communicating risks progress and strategic direction Establish and enforce engineering best practices across SDLC testing and security Leadership Team Management Build and scale a highperforming engineering organization including managers and senior technical leaders Drive a culture of accountability ownership and continuous improvement Coach and mentor leaders to improve engineering quality delivery predictability and talent development All About You Experience Extensive experience in software engineering with progressive leadership managing managers Proven success leading largescale missioncritical platforms or infrastructure systems Experience in distributed systems highavailability environments and regulated industries Technical Expertise Strong understanding of Distributed and microservicesbased architectures Eventdriven and reactive systems File transfer and integration technologies e g HTTP SFTP Scalability performance and resiliency engineering Experience driving observability automation and reliability engineering practices Align global teams to execute against shared platform priorities and timelines Leadership Skills Strategic mindset with ability to balance longterm vision and shortterm execution Strong decisionmaking in highpressure ambiguous environments Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills including executive engagement Ability to influence across crossfunctional and geographically distributed teams Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets information and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore it is expected that every person working for or on behalf of Mastercard is responsible for information security and must Abide by Mastercards security policies and practices Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed Report any suspected information security violation or breach and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercards guidelines