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 Principal Software Engineer Principal Software Engineer Position Overview The Principal Software Engineer is a senior individual contributor within Architecture & Technology (A&T), responsible for driving enterprise engineering strategy, architecture standards, and technology excellence across Mastercard. This role provides deep technical leadership across distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, resiliency, observability, and software engineering practices while influencing technology direction across multiple teams and domains. The Principal Engineer partners with senior engineering leaders, architects, and platform organizations to define architectural standards, establish reusable patterns, and guide critical technology decisions. Through technical expertise, thought leadership, and cross-functional influence, this role helps teams build secure, scalable, reliable, and operationally excellent solutions that align with Mastercard's long-term engineering strategy. Role • Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across multiple engineering organizations, driving consistent adoption of engineering standards, best practices, and enterprise technology patterns. • Partner with platform CTOs, architects, and engineering leaders to evaluate technology investments, transformation initi
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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. Title and Summary Director, AI Engineering, Transformation Team Overview: The Transformation Team leads strategic change initiatives to reimagine how Mastercard works and scales, simplifies, and accelerates business outcomes. The team partners across leadership, product, technology, and operations to design and implement new organizational models, embed AI across key workflows, drive enterprise-wide transformation programs, improve operating effectiveness, and ensure successful adoption of change. By combining strategy, AI engineering, organizational design, change management, and program execution, the team helps align people, processes, and priorities to support long-term growth and business performance. Role: • This job develops and executes short-term and medium-term strategic plans for AI Engineering across Mastercard, aligning functional initiatives with organizational objectives by modifying existing methods to make significant improvements to existing processes, programs, and/or policies. • Drives the development and execution of short-term functional strategies for AI/ML teams, translating organizational priorities into actionable plans and deliverables. • Collaborates with product and business leaders to translate organizational needs into scalable AI solutions and operational strategies. • Ove
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 Senior Software Engineer Who is Mastercard? We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere, by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships, and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respect their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results About the Role Senior Software Engineers at Mastercard design and code artificial intelligence, cloud, and machine learning platforms that provide mission-critical insights to many of the world’s leading organizations and governments. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will deliver these products and solutions with speed and agility as part of a small team. This will involve developing high-performing, highly scalable software solutions and products for some of the world’s top brands. Specific tasks vary depending on the project and the busi
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 Director, Office of Transformation Process Redesign Overview The Transformation Team leads strategic change initiatives to reimagine how Mastercard works and scales, simplifies, and accelerates business outcomes. The team partners across leadership, product, technology, and operations to design and implement new organizational models, embed AI across key workflows, drive enterprise-wide transformation programs, improve operating effectiveness, and ensure successful adoption of change. By combining strategy, AI engineering, organizational design, change management, and program execution, the team helps align people, processes, and priorities to support long-term growth and business performance. The Process Redesign Lead is accountable for defining the operating model and process architecture: leading process discovery, mapping current-state journeys, and architecting redesigned processes through to implementation handoff. The Director-level Process Redesign Lead brings deep process expertise, AI fluency, and structural-frame thinking to the most ambiguous, cross-functional problem spaces, translating strategic intent into clean, scalable operating designs. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset, with a track record of modernizing legacy
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 Manager, Business Administration Overview As Chief of Staff, you will be the strategic right hand to leadership, ensuring priorities are clear, processes run smoothly, and communication is impactful. This role blends operational excellence with creative storytelling, requiring a unique mix of consulting rigor, organizational savvy, and executive presence. Key Responsibilities: Operational Leadership • Coordinate and support activities within the Debit, Prepaid and Sustainability Solutions organization within Consumer Products & Processing. • Manage calendars, organize town halls, and prepare materials for leadership engagements. • Drive alignment across teams and ensure timely execution of priorities. Strategic Governance • Lead the Weekly Review, collecting updates from team leaders and synthesizing progress on strategic initiatives. • Present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders for informed decision-making. Executive Communication & Storytelling • Develop compelling storyboards and presentations that simplify complexity and inspire action. • Elevate communication standards across the team with creativity and clarity. Special Projects & Leadership Support • Partner with leadership on high-impact initiatives and cross-functional projects. • Serve as
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 Executive Assistant Overview: • The Executive Assistant will support key executives across Consumer Products and Processing. They will help to set the tone for the team. A high energy, creative, outgoing “people person” with strong trust is desired. The role includes performing general administrative duties such as telephone coverage, scheduling of meetings, travel arrangements, expense reporting, calendar management, copying, ordering supplies, and maintaining department records including the departmental budget and contract administration support. Ideally, this person would also be keen to take on more than the core tasks and would be interested in leveraging this role as a way to expand their experience and develop their skills through some project work. Major Accountabilities: • Perform general administrative duties to support day-to-day operations in such areas as phone coverage ,scheduling meetings, completing travel arrangements, expense reporting, maintaining management calendar, and taking and distributing meeting minutes. • Prepare communications, reports, presentations, or other assigned documentation • Ensure all meeting support is appropriately coordinated for meetings and events • Administer programs, projects or processes specific to the Credit team, and maintain spreadsheets o
Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite In this role, you will help shape how customers pay Stryker, ensuring payment processes are accurate, efficient, and easy to navigate. As a key partner across Finance, Customer Service, Sales, Accounts Receivable, and external payment providers, you will remove barriers to payment, improve cash collection outcomes, and enhance the overall customer payment experience while leading a team that drives operational excellence. What You Will Do Lead customer payment enablement activities, ensuring payment requests, onboarding requirements, and escalations are resolved accurately and efficiently. Manage customer onboarding documentation, including ACH enrollment forms, tax documentation, and legal entity information. Oversee customer payment portal administration and monitor effectiveness to support timely payments and positive customer experiences. Implement and manage customer adoption of payment solutions, including cost analysis, business approvals, and ongoing performance tracking. Own relationships with third-party payment providers and ensure payment solutions support operational, contractual, and system integration requirements. Partner with Accounts Receivable, Finance, Sales, Customer Service, and other stakeholders to resolve payment-related issues and improve collection performance. Develop reporting and insights on payment program costs, utilization, and effectiveness to support business decision-making. Lead continuous improvement initiatives that reduce payment friction, standardize processes, accelerate cash collection, and improve end-to-end payment effectiveness. What You Will Need Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree required. Minimum 6 years of professional experience in a related field. Experience working wi
About Us: YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and recently raised up to $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation over $1B. We analyze billions of alternative data points every day to provide accurate, detailed insights on ridesharing, e-commerce marketplaces, payments and more. Our on-demand insights team uses proprietary technology to identify, license, clean and analyze the data many of the world’s largest investment funds and corporations depend on. For three years and counting, we have been recognized as one of Inc’s Best Workplaces . We are a fast-growing technology company backed by The Carlyle Group and Norwest Venture Partners. Our offices are located in NYC, Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, Seattle , Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Singapore. We cultivate a people-centric culture focused on mastery, ownership, and transparency. About the Role: This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters. Employees are expected to work from the NYC office three days per week. We expect East Coast working hours. As Our IT Delivery Engineer, You Will: Design, implement, and maintain the systems and platforms that support the company’s internal IT environment Administer and troubleshoot SaaS platforms and endpoint management systems including Kandji, Google Workspace, Okta, Slack, Zoom, and other core business tools Manage and improve device management and endpoint configuration across the global fleet using MDM platforms Partner with Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure systems meet company security and compliance standards Lead and contribute to IT infrastructure and service delivery improvement projects that increase system reliability and operational efficiency Evaluate and implement new technologies that enhance IT service delivery, system management, and automation Develop automation and tooling to streamline provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows Ma
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 Overview Decision Stream is Mastercard's next-generation AI-native decisioning platform, designed to power intelligent, real-time decisions across fraud, authentication, payments, and risk. Built with a startup mindset and enterprise-scale ambition, the platform combines innovation, speed, and engineering excellence to redefine decisioning across Mastercard's global ecosystem. We are seeking a visionary and hands-on VP of Software Engineering to help build and scale the platform. This leader will partner closely with Product, Architecture, AI, and Platform Engineering teams to drive technology strategy, architecture, engineering execution, and organizational growth. What You'll Do Lead Through Technical Excellence • Serve as a senior technology leader and role model for engineering teams. • Drive architecture, design, and technology decisions across distributed systems, streaming, AI, and cloud-native platforms. • Engage deeply with engineers, architects, and product leaders to solve complex technical challenges. • Influence engineering standards, software quality, and operational excellence. Build and Scale the Platform • Help shape and deliver a highly scalable, resilient, and secure decisioning platform operating at Mastercard scale. • Balan
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 Manager - Commercial Partnerships Overview The Commercial Partnerships team is looking for a Manager to support opportunities across businesses of all sizes. This role will help design and operate Mastercard’s Global Commercial Partnerships operating model, with a focus on analysis, process development, and operational effectiveness. The Manager will build and maintain the tools, frameworks, and insights needed to prioritize partnerships, improve onboarding, accelerate growth and strengthen governance. The role will help ensure that partnerships are scalable, data-driven, and consistently used across the business. Role and Responsibilities: • Partnership Demand & Pipeline Management – maintain and improve tools that track partnership opportunities and pipeline progress with a portfolio view. Create tools that standardize this process and allow for clear prioritization decisioning. Provide clear visibility into partnership priorities, demand trends, and opportunity status. • Prioritization & Business Analysis – Support the development of insights that allow for improved and informed evaluation of partners and partnership constructs. Turn data and stakeholder input into actionable insights that support decision-making. • Operating Model & Process Design – Help design, document, and maintain partn
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 Lead Software Engineer Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Overview We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer that possesses strong experience with Golang with strong communication skills to work within the Next Edge program. The Next Edge program is developing Mastercard’s next generation edge platform with programmatic interfaces for data transport (transactions, messages, events, APIs, files, etc.) that give our customers a single point of entry to Mastercard network via private customer on-prem connectivity as well as from public clouds. Role • Lead the design, development, and evolution of Mastercard's next-generation edge platform an
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 Director, Customer Performance Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, operating as the world’s fastest payment processing network. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. Safety and security are top priorities and we continually find opportunities to make transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Overview: Franchise is core to all Mastercard business. Franchise enables business growth and value, fostering interactions with customers which provides ongoing trust and confidence in the evolving payments and data driven ecosystem. This role enables high-risk acquirers to participate in the Mastercard global ecosystem by engaging directly with customers to improve ecosystem performance and strengthen participants’ understanding of business requirements. About the Role: With the growth of merchant fraud, acquirers must strengthen their screening of new merchants, as well as closely monitor new risk signals in transaction data, while ensuring their merchants remain compliant with local laws and Mastercard standards. To help acquirers achieve this, the Franchise team is looking for a fraud
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 Director, Risk Management Overview: The Core Payments Strategy & Execution team tackles critical strategic opportunities and challenges across Mastercard’s most foundational business. This role is suited for a senior risk leader with a passion for payments, innovation, and operating at enterprise scale. Mastercard powers an inclusive, digital economy that makes transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible for everyone, everywhere. Through secure data, trusted networks, and strong partnerships, we help individuals, businesses, financial institutions, and governments realize their greatest potential. Our Decency Quotient (DQ) shapes how we operate—guiding a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and integrity that enables better decisions, stronger innovation, and better outcomes. Role Description: The Director, Risk Management – Core Payments is a senior risk leader responsible for supporting the design, execution, and continuously strengthening the risk management framework supporting Mastercard’s Core Payments business. This role partners closely with business leadership and the second and third lines of defense to anticipate, mitigate, and remediate risk while enabling responsible growth. This position requires deep expertise in enterprise risk management, regulatory environments, and operational r
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 Senior Product Manager -Technical Who is Mastercard? At Mastercard, we are revolutionizing the payments industry with cutting-edge technology. Our mission is to foster an inclusive, digital economy that empowers everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Through secure data and networks, strategic partnerships and our unwavering passion, we enable individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses to achieve their highest potential. Our decency quotient (DQ) drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Overview The Switching Solutions team is looking for a passionate, collaborative and experienced Senior Product Manager- Technical that will provide innovative, secure, and reliable solutions for core Mastercard transaction switching systems. The ideal candidate is passionate about connecting business with technology, highly motivated, and an innovator who embraces, adopts and studies the latest technology trends. In this Role you will: Be responsible for working with various product teams across Mastercard to understand their business needs and translate to business and functional
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 Data Scientist What is the opportunity? We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Data Scientist to join our Cyber Analytics team within the Security Solutions Data Science organization. This role is critical to driving advanced analytics initiatives, improving fraud detection capabilities, and supporting strategic decision-making across cybersecurity and payment fraud domains. What will you do? • Gain subject matter knowledge on web application security, commonly exploited cyber vulnerabilities, and methods of online and payment card fraud including the common points of purchase for compromised cards. • Build, develop, and maintain innovative data-driven analytical solutions, including predictive models and machine learning algorithms, on large volumes of data to support analytics and reporting needs across products, markets, and services. • Competently handle large datasets, sifting for patterns and trends and translating those insights into technical rules and solutions. • Combine cybersecurity and transaction data into new and insightful views of fraud and vulnerability across the Mastercard network. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and operations to understand product, usage, and data pipelines as well as delivering scalable solutions. • T
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