Principal Software Engineer (Architecture)

IT Services

Mastercard

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  • IT Services
  • Pune

Join a global payments leader building secure, scalable digital payment platforms that power economies worldwide. You’ll shape the technical vision for high‑performance services used by millions daily. This role sits within Mastercard’s Network & Digital Payments group, driving innovation at scale.

What You’ll Do

  • Define architecture for APIs, microservices, data, integration patterns.
  • Lead end‑to‑end design and implementation of critical services.
  • Govern performance, scalability, reliability, security, and observability decisions.
  • Align roadmaps with product, engineering, and regional business teams.
  • Conduct design reviews, mentor engineers, enforce enterprise standards.
  • Drive modern practices like DDD, event‑driven design, secure‑by‑design.

What You Need

  • Architect large‑scale distributed platforms in complex enterprise environments.
  • Deep knowledge of microservices, API design, and data‑intensive systems.
  • Experience with CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes across private, public, hybrid clouds.
  • Proficiency with Oracle, PostgreSQL and high‑volume transaction processing.
  • Define and implement non‑functional requirements: resilience, security, performance.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management across product and engineering teams.

Good to Have

  • Experience with fraud, decisioning, or analyst‑facing platforms.
  • Knowledge of in‑memory data grids like GemFire.
  • Familiarity with streaming/messaging and event‑driven architectures.

The Opportunity

Mastercard’s purpose‑driven culture emphasizes Decency Quotient, inclusion and respect, while the role offers high‑impact work on a global payment platform. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams to accelerate platform evolution and innovation.

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