Title and Summary

Lead Software Engineer

Overview

• The Cryptographic Security Team is a dedicated collection of self-organizing, high-performing, interdependent individuals representing different functional roles with all the necessary skills to create the foundational capabilities that application teams develop on top of it.
• This position serves as a technical leader within a team tasked with guiding the design, development, and delivery of significant cross-departmental initiatives that have a wide scope and long-term business impact.
• Candidates must be able to obtain a deep technical understanding of the applications/systems that they are working on and must be willing to dig in and ask challenging questions to make sure that plans are executed efficiently.
• Candidates should have a strong interest in Corporate Security Engineering.
• Candidates must demonstrate strong engineering and technical leadership and the ability to engage in out-of-the-box problem-solving.
• Candidate will be responsible for researching alternative technical solutions for changing business needs.

Role
• Provide technical design and architecture advice to internal teams on securely developing and building applications and supporting systems pertaining to HSM.
• Create and execute automated processes for configuring, deploying, and upgrading HSM devices.
• Define secure mechanisms for critical business functions for both on-premises and in-cloud environments
• Work closely with Hardware Security Module vendors to follow up on product lifecycle, roadmap, new functionalities, and issues.
• Assist in the strategy, standards, and architecture for the cryptography, PKI, and key management aspects of the SDLC, including application, mobile, web service, DevOps, cloud, and CI/CD efforts
• Execute and own the baseline architecture implementations and design activities, collaborating with other engineers and engineering teams.
• Regularly communicate with management about risk analysis and design trade-offs.
• Work on Pre SDLC or Discovery activities, owning and contributing to assigned activities related to technical feasibility & assessment and providing responses.
• Provide guidance to teams on development standards, automation, and tools.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and come up with novel ways to solve them.
• Work to define feature requirements and deliver the product that materially impacts the business and improves the consumer experience.

All about you
• Demonstrate a profound mastery of software engineering concepts and practices across all phases of the software development lifecycle, showcasing an exceptional breadth of knowledge and insight.
• Knowledge of cryptography, including several of the following: encryption, hashing, key management, digital certificates, TLS, PKCS#11, and confidential computing
• Possessing over a year of extensive hands-on experience with any of the HSM such as Luna, Entrust, Utimaco, and Payshield.
• Demonstrate technical competency in security engineering based on hands-on experience or relevant qualifications
• Working knowledge and technical security experience with UNIX, Linux, FreeBSD, AIX, or Windows.
• Hand-on experience in Shell Scripting (Unix/Windows)
• Proficient in any of the following programming languages: Java, Python or Rust.
• Fundamental understanding of private or public cloud ecosystems and CI/CD practices.
• Desire to stay abreast of new development technologies and tools.
• Demonstrate the ability to articulate and communicate effectively to diverse audiences, properly translate security and risk management terminology into business terms, and recommend alternative solutions to these stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Strong communication skills, with an ability to express design ideas to a development team.
• BS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have
• Working experience in a continuous integration development environment, preferably Jenkins.
• Proficiency in C, along with experience in multithreading and memory management
• Experience in secure software development.

Mastercard is an inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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 Mastercard's 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 Mastercard's guidelines.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 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, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.