Role Overview As the Vice President of Software Engineering at Mastercard you will lead software engineering teams in developing advanced technologies and applications that are revolutionizing payments You will be responsible for leveraging Agile development principles advanced design practices and a focus on security reliability and performance to deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations Key Responsibilities Own endtoend release quality ensuring customer experience and platform trust are safeguarded across all deployments Establish rigorous testing standards release readiness criteria and go nogo decision frameworks Drive risk management and defect containment strategies and lead quality governance across development testing and production operations Define and execute the technology modernization roadmap to reduce technical debt and enhance scalability resilience and efficiency Lead transformation initiatives including legacy platform modernization cloudnative architectures and microservices systems Drive continuous improvement in engineering productivity and deployment velocity while ensuring architectural consistency security and compliance Drive AI adoption across the engineering organization embedding intelligence into development testing operations and decisionmaking Sponsor AIenabled capabilities such as test automation predictive analytics and AIassisted development tools Establish responsible AI practices and ensure measurable outcomes are delivered Lead mentor and inspire senior engineering leaders and managers globally Build a culture of qualityfirst engineering continuous learning and innovation Develop succession planning and talent mobility strategies and foster collaboration across various stakeholders Act as a trusted engineering partner to senior executives providing visibility into risk quality delivery and modernization progress Manage strategic vendor and partner relationships to ensure delivery excellence and innovation Qualifications Required Handson technical and people leader with the ability to manage directly and through others Strong communication skills both verbal and written with the ability to communicate objectives clearly Expertise in distributed system design and implementation along with knowledge of software development processes and Agile methodologies Experience in Test Driven and Domain Driven Development TDD DDD and familiarity with Application Lifecycle Management tools Strong decisionmaking skills bias for action and cooperative approach to leadership Payments Card industry knowledge and ability to understand business cases Note Omitting the section on Corporate Security Responsibility as it is not directly related to the role description Role Overview As the Vice President of Software Engineering at Mastercard you will lead software engineering teams in developing advanced technologies and applications that are revolutionizing payments You will be responsible for leveraging Agile development principles advanced design practices and a focus on security reliability and performance to deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations Key Responsibilities Own endtoend release quality ensuring customer experience and platform trust are safeguarded across all deployments Establish rigorous testing standards release readiness criteria and go nogo decision frameworks Drive risk management and defect containment strategies and lead quality governance across development testing and production operations Define and execute the technology modernization roadmap to reduce technical debt and enhance scalability resilience and efficiency Lead transformation initiatives including legacy platform modernization cloudnative architectures and microservices systems Drive continuous improvement in engineering productivity and deployment velocity while ensuring architectural consistency security and compliance Drive AI adoption across the engineering organization embedding intelligence into development testing operations and decisionmaking Sponsor AIenabled capabilities such as test automation predictive analytics and AIassisted development tools Establish responsible AI practices and ensure measurable outcomes are delivered Lead mentor and inspire senior engineering leaders and managers globally Build a culture of qualityfirst engineering continuous learning and innovation Develop succession planning and talent mobility strategies and foster collaboration across various stakeholders Act as a trusted engineering partner to senior executives providing visibility into risk quality delivery and modernization progress Manage strategic vendor and partner relationships to ensure delivery excellence and innovation Qualifications Required Handson technical and people leader with the ability to manage direct

📌 Vice President Software Engineering (India)
🏢 Mastercard
📍 India