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Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re 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.
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Vice President, Software Engineering
Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re 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
Vice President, Software Engineering
About Ethoca
Ethoca, a Mastercard company, is a global provider of collaboration-based technology solutions for merchants and card issuers. Our mission is to make digital commerce experiences simpler and more secure. As we scale our flagship Alerts product and transition to Mastercard’s Azure Cloud Platform, we are seeking a visionary engineering leader to drive innovation, execution, and team growth.
Role Overview
As VP of Software Engineering, you will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for the design, development, and delivery of Ethoca’s innovative products. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical roadmap, scaling cloud-native architectures, and fostering a high-performance engineering culture. This role requires a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise, strong people leadership, and a passion for operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organization across multiple geographies and product lines.
- Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle for key products, including architecture, development, testing, deployment, and support.
- Partner with Product, Architecture, and Business stakeholders to define and execute the technology roadmap.
- Drive the migration of legacy systems to Mastercard’s Cloud Platform, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
- Champion engineering best practices, including CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, leveraging AI, and agile delivery.
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Mentor and develop engineering leaders and individual contributors.
- Ensure compliance with Mastercard’s security, privacy, and regulatory standards.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles.
- Proven track record of leading large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
- Deep understanding of modern software development practices, microservices, and cloud platforms (preferably Azure).
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels.
- Experience leveraging AI
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., payments, fintech) is a plus.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Preferred Attributes
- Experience working in a global matrixed organization.
- Passion for mentoring and building inclusive, diverse teams.
- Strategic mindset with a bias for action and results.
Mastercard is a merit-based, 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. 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.
Pay Ranges
O’Fallon, Missouri: $200,000 – $320,000 USD
R-251908
Seniority level
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Employment type
Full-time
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Job function
Engineering and Information TechnologyIndustries
Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet
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