Software Engineer II

Overview:

Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution.

About Ethoca:

At Ethoca, you can join a team of top business and technology innovators who are transforming the industry. We are changing the payments landscape and reinventing the way global merchants and issuers combat fraud and reduce costs. Our services allow customers to focus on what really matters - increasing sales and creating a great customer experience. Our relentless customer focus is what makes us an award-winning company.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, efficient, and reliable applications in a cloud-based environment.
- Collaborate with product owners, architects, and senior engineers to translate business requirements into technical specifications and deliverables.
- Ensure developed solutions comply with architectural standards, security guidelines, and best engineering practices.
- Drive adoption of AI technologies across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), utilizing prompt engineering, generative AI, coding assistants, agent-based workflows, and AI-powered development tools to improve engineering productivity, code quality, testing effectiveness, and operational efficiency.
- Participate actively in code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, and deployment processes to maintain quality and performance.
- Support ongoing operational excellence by monitoring systems, responding to incidents, and driving root cause analysis and remediation.
- Conduct research and Proof of Concepts (POCs) for emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to improve product performance and development efficiency.




- Develop and maintain documentation for design, implementation, and operational support.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, development workflows, and automation efforts.
- Engage in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement to ensure efficient team collaboration.
- Work closely with senior engineers and technical leads to receive mentorship and enhance technical expertise.
- Assist with effort estimation, project planning, and prioritization to deliver projects on time and within scope.
- Maintain awareness of contemporary software development practices, evolving technologies, and security standards through continuous learning and team knowledge sharing.

Required Skills Qualifications

- 4-6 years of professional experience in software development.
- Proficiency in Java (Java 8 or higher) and Spring Boot frameworks.
- Good understanding of Azure Public cloud.
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and DevOps methodologies.
- Experience with relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.
- Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and experience with databases (Oracle, Postgres, or similar).
- Experience using modern AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or similar) for software development activities, including prompt engineering, code generation, unit test creation, documentation, debugging, and design acceleration.




- Basic understanding of application security principles and cloud-native development (AWS, Azure, or GCP preferred).
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git), and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes) and test automation frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).
- Experience with TDD and BDD in the software development processes.
- Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills with an ability to work under minimal supervision.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with global, cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated commitment to producing high-quality code, maintaining technical documentation, and contributing to continuous improvement.

Additional Skills
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Understanding of DevOps practices and infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Ability to work in Agile environments and contribute to sprint planning.
- Exposure to implement data pipelines, ETL processes, and integrations with relational and NoSQL databases would be good
- Familiarity with data platforms (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, or Databricks/Snowflake) is a plus.
- Exposure to Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI Agents, and AI application development frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, or equivalent technologies.
Familiarity with AI-assisted SDLC practices, including AI-driven code review, test automation, knowledge management, and engineering productivity tools.

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📌 Software Engineer II (Pune)
🏢 Mastercard
📍 Pune