Vice President, Software Engineering

About the role

Mastercard relies on our global workforce to help us achieve our goal of building a sustainable, inclusive global economy. The Mastercard Way encourages us, connects us with the behaviors that represent the essence of not only what we do but who we are as an organization. Cultivating an environment for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views and experiences drives a global and collaborative culture of inclusion and sense of belonging.

What you'll do

• Release Quality & Platform Stability
• Own end‑to‑end release quality, safeguarding customer experience and platform trust across all deployments
• Establish and enforce rigorous testing standards, release readiness criteria, and go/no‑go decision frameworks
• Drive risk management and defect containment strategies, including early detection, root‑cause analysis, and preventive actions
• Lead quality governance across development, testing, and production operations—ensuring predictable, stable releases

What you need

• Microservices
• System design
• Root cause analysis
• Test automation
• Talent management
• Agile
• Any graduate

Good to have

• JIRA