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# Lead Software Engineer

- **Company:** Mastercard
- **Location:** O'Fallon, MO, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Software Quality, Code Review, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Open Web Application Security, SONAR (Symantec), SQL Databases, Git Flow, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_F583F0D007E240A2BC0E832742AA865E-MO73515

## About the Role

Conduct technical interviews for hiring engineering staff and raising the performance bar. **Job Requirements**: Position requires a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Information Systems, Information Technology Management, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering or related and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in job offered or as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related.
Qualifying experience must include at least one (1) year with each of the following: Java; JavaScripts; SQL; OWASP; CWE; SEI CERT; Gitflow; and Sonar.

## Description

Write code to build and enhance applications/services and promote code-reviews, code scanning, and other standard development practices to deliver high-quality artifacts to production.
Define, design, and develop procedures and solutions at a service level to meet the business requirements/enhancements.
Participate and contribute to team's agile process and decisions.
Understand and contribute to Prioritization.
Drive prioritization decisions and trade-offs in working with product partners Identify opportunities and build backlogs to enhance primary service/function.
Automate and simplify all aspects of software delivery and development actively evangelizing the need to automate and simplify where needed.
Lead by example with hands-on approaches to demonstrate engineering excellence.
Able to troubleshoot and refactor existing code for exceptional code quality.
Drive seamless integration across all connected services to meet end-user expectations.
Drive blameless postmortems culture to identify root causes of incidents and implement learnings Introduce new technologies and architecture by following enterprise guidelines.
Advocate for engineering principles outside of current organization/platform.
Provide development and architecture guidance to team members.
Build relationships and effective partnerships across organizations.
Write and evaluate recommendations for job promotions based on an unbiased view of one's accomplishments.