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 Vice President Software Engineering Overview Real Time Payments RTP program is leading the secular shift in Payments towards realtime accounttoaccount payments and provides CNI payment services across 6 markets globally Role We are seeking a Vice President of Software Engineering to provide strategic technical and people leadership for the RTP program This role will lead multiple engineering team and partner closely with global counterparts across engineering product operations risk security and customer teams The ideal candidate brings a robust technofunctional background deep expertise in Javabased distributed systems and a proven track record of building highavailability lowlatency financial platforms with rigorous operational discipline This leader will balance handson technical depth with executivelevel leadership driving platform modernization resiliency scalability and product innovation while maintaining the highest standards of reliability security and regulatory compliance Key Responsibilities Technology Architecture Leadership Develop technical vision and execution for the Send engineering organization aligned to product and platform roadmap Lead architecture and design decisions for largescale Java distributed systems including eventdriven architectures messaging streaming platforms APIs and data stores Drive platform modernization and technology standardization initiatives Establish and enforce engineering standards for code quality security scalability performance and reliability Act as a senior technical authority is able to dive deep into complex system behaviors failure modes and tradeoffs when required Operational Excellence Reliability Champion an SREinformed operating model with strong focus on availability latency throughput error budgets and recovery objectives Ensure robust incident problem and change management practices with measurable improvements in stability and customer impact reduction Drive proactive risk identification through FMEA resiliency testing chaos engineering and dependency readiness reviews Partner with infrastructure network and security teams to ensure endtoend observability fault isolation and predictable performance Accountable for meeting and exceeding operational SLAs SLOs Product Customer Partnership Work in lockstep with Product Management to translate business strategy into clear executable engineering roadmaps Balance speed of delivery with platform availability resiliency regulatory obligations and longterm maintainability Engage directly with strategic customers and partners on technical architecture onboarding incident reviews and roadmap alignment Represent engineering perspectives in executive forums customer briefings and regulator or partner discussions Risk Security Compliance Ensure the platform meets all regulatory security compliance requirements e g data protection auditability resilience Embed securebydesign and privacybydesign principles into engineering workflows Own engineering inputs into risk assessments audits and regulatory engagements Drive disciplined handling of production access change approvals and related controls People Leadership Talent Development Build lead and retain highperforming engineering leaders and teams in St Louis Create a strong engineering culture grounded in ownership accountability learning and continuous improvement Foster diversity of thought inclusive leadership and crosssite collaboration Coach and develop teams with clear focus on succession planning Drive consistent performance management feedback and career growth aligned to organizational expectations Financial Discipline Actively manage engineering budget including headcount planning vendor spend tooling investments Make disciplined recommendations tradeoffs between run change and transform investments Ensure transparent reporting of delivery progress operational health and financial efficiency to senior leadership Support business cases and investment proposals with strong technical and economic rationale All About You What you bring Proven experience building and operating realtime payment or money movement platforms including high throughput low latency systems at scale Deep handson background in

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