Mastercard

Software Engineer I - Java Backend

Pune · On-site · 0–2 yrs · Junior · Full-time

  • java
  • spring boot
  • rdbms
  • nosql
  • cicd

Java backend engineer for payment networks platform with Spring Boot and cloud experience.

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Posted 12 Oct 2026 · found on Mastercard's own careers page

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Written from 8 current Engineering postings on Mastercard's own careers page — not questions Mastercard has asked.

  1. You mentioned a 'unified internal platform' for reusable UI frameworks across teams - walk me through how you'd design a React component library that's shared across multiple Mastercard product teams while keeping it 'accessible and analytics enabled'. How do you enforce consistency without blocking individual team velocity?
    From the posting: “A unified internal platform that enables Mastercard teams to design, build, govern, and distribute consistent, accessible, and analytics enabled UI experiences across channels using reusable frameworks, automation, and embedded governance.","grounded_in”
  2. These postings emphasize delivering products 'with speed and agility.' Tell me about a time you had to trade off technical perfection for time-to-market. How did you make that call?
    From the posting: “Lead the delivery of these products and solutions with speed and agility”
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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 Software Engineer I - Java Backend 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

The Mastercard Payment Networks team is looking for a Developer to drive our customer experience strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. Our solutions are built on the Digital Network Architecture, around Cloud Native principles and in a Scaled Agile Framework. The ideal candidate is passionate about the customer experience journey, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.

The Role

• Software Engineer with adequate skills in high quality development. • Develop in a CICD environment leveraging any one of the Cloud frameworks. • Leverage the appropriate persistence mechanisms such as RDBMS, No SQL etc based on needs • Implement Coding Best Practices. Implement Code Quality gates as per the program norms. • Perform various Proofs-of-concept depending on the business needs • Coordinate with various groups in MasterCard to ensure success of the projects • Exhibit teamwork aligned completely with the Agile environment All

About You

• Overall career experience of 6 months to 1.5 years in a similar role or technology • Passionate about technology, with strong Object-Oriented Design & Programming skills • In depth knowledge on product development • Expertise in Java and Spring Boot. Experience working on Event Driven Architecture would be an advantage. • Experience in CI and CD • Experience in Cloud based development is desirable • Strong Communicator • Quick grasping and learning abilities Corporate Security Responsibility Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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. 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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