PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER - BLOCKCHAIN

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Title and Summary Principal Software Development Engineer - Blockchain 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.
Mastercard is looking for a talented Principal Architect to join the Mastercard Blockchain and Digital Assets engineering team.
In this role you will be part of a highly agile team building exciting and innovative products using multiple Blockchain technology and components delivered at scale to global markets.
Our team is built on a foundation of research and development, innovation mentality, thinking through new product lines using Blockchain / Distributed ledger technology, managing new products from inception to market validation and engaging strategically with start-ups to shape the future of commerce within the digital assets space with and for our customers.
This team will have a major focus on adopting Blockchain technology to bring innovative payment solutions to market.
At Mastercard you will help define the future of commerce globally.
The Principal Architect Role.
The Principal Architect will be responsible for creating technical solutions and leading initiatives for our business.
You will provide technical leadership and expertise to bring together all of our technology assets to create new and innovative solutions to build our capabilities and our products.
The Principal Architect operates as part of the global Mastercard Blockchain and Digital Assets Architecture and Engineering team to define and execute the strategic technical roadmap for our Crypto platform.
This involves providing guidance to internal development teams through every step of the Software Development Lifecycle, from requirements analysis and technical design to working with teams to develop and deliver capabilities, as well as collaborating with technical teams in Mastercard to align our platform with Mastercard best practices.
The scope for the Principal Architect’s role will be broad, and may include infrastructure, software architecture and security domain engineering as well designing high-level end-to-end solutions.
You will partner with other architects, developers, and analysts, as well as other teams across Mastercard to create new capabilities, define our technical strategy, and support software development.
Key themes.
Visible Leadership, Technical Depth, and Proactivity.

 Responsibilities:

 - Design secure, reliable, and scalable solutions for globally distributed payment systems
- Define, plan, and support execution of the technology strategy 
- Collaborate closely with the global Solution Architecture & Engineering team to define principles and best practices
- Engage with wider Mastercard Architecture & Technology teams to ensure the Crypto Platform & Products aligns with the wider technical strategies and policies within Mastercard
- Support development teams and work with stakeholders, promoting agile development
- Create a culture of technical excellence and ceaseless improvement
- Research, create and evaluate technical solution alternatives for the business needs using current and upcoming technologies and frameworks - Responsible for the analysis, design, and development of software solutions - Provides technical leadership to projects including architecting and creating a low-level design, working with other software engineers to drive the detailed design and implementation of highly complex applications, interfaces and integrations - Integrates at an enterprise level using third-party middleware or messaging products, or by designing and implementing custom interfaces and mapping for those interfaces - Responsible for performance engineering of software solutions in scope, and providing functional guidance, advice, and/or training to team members - Researches and evaluates tools and acquisition opportunities to support cross-domain needs - Focuses on using our Blockchain tech stack(s) to solve well-known problems or opportunities within payment and adjacent industries - Drives and fully participates hands-on in the product life-cycle execution; from idea generation to implementation to market assessment to early stage commercialisation.
- Liaises with technology, regional and commercial teams to execute.
Skills.
- Architectures.
All SOAs, Event / Micro-services based, Distributed, Blockchain / Decentralised.
- Java & Spring Framework
 - UI/UX frameworks (React, Angular)
 - APIs (Tooling and design best practices)
 - Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) and DevOps Architecture
 - Tools - Java IDEs, Sonar, GIT, Maven, SQL Developer, Jenkins, CI/CD, Gatling All About You.
- The ideal candidate has an enthusiasm for finding elegant solutions to complex problems and identifying process improvements to increase efficiency - Loves creating innovative solutions to problems in a collaborative fun environment - Advanced knowledge and understanding of modern software engineering concepts and methodologies - Passionate about software development and comfortable in a fluid environment - Passionate about code quality and coding best practices - Show initiative and demonstrate a willingness to take on challenging opportunities - Interested in mentoring and helping grow the skills of the next generation of software developers Required.
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and strong collaboration skills - Must be driven, highly motivated and a strong team-player - Extensive experience with Blockchain protocols such as Ethereum and smart contract language such as Solidity; deep experience in using these technology to design and create products, platforms and networks of scale - Familiarity with the payments industry and payment processing
- Experience designing for standard and regulatory compliance (e.
., PCI-DSS, GDPR, etc.) Beneficial.
- Architecture & Cloud Certifications (E.
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TOGAF, Oracle, Azure, AWS, GCP) Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must.
Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices; Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed; Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
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