Software engineer (DevSecOps)
The position focuses on integrating security practices into the software development lifecycle for Mastercard’s high‑availability payment systems. The engineer will automate security controls, manage vulnerability remediation, and ensure compliance with frameworks such as NIST and OWASP.
Skills required
About this role
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 (DevSecOps)OverviewWe are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to join our engineering organisation .This role operates within a globally distributed delivery model, partnering closely with established onshore teams to deliver and maintain high-availability, mission-critical systems.
The successful candidate will contribute to the ongoing evolution and stability of key payment platforms within a scaled Agile (SAFe) environment.
Role
The Software Engineer will be responsible for:
• Agile Delivery (SAFe Framework): Working within an established Scrum team aligned to SAFe, contributing to sprint planning, execution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Distributed Team Collaboration: Collaborating closely with onshore engineering teams to deliver features, resolve defects, and ensure seamless integration across the delivery lifecycle.
• Application Development & Maintenance: Designing, developing, and maintaining solutions across a multi-technology stack.
• Production Support & Reliability: Supporting critical live systems, ensuring performance, resilience, and adherence to enterprise standards and controls.
• Continuous Improvement: Contributing to engineering best practices, automation, and process enhancements to improve delivery efficiency and quality.
All About You
We are looking for a technically strong and collaborative Software Engineer who thrives in a complex, enterprise-scale environment.
Key requirements include:
• Proven experience with enterprise CI/CD and Release engineering
• Proven experience with Ansible and Atlassian tools
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with Scripting and Automation (API integration, Python, Groovy)
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools
• Work experience on Linux
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments, ideally within SAFe
• Strong problem-solving skills and ownership mindset
• Ability to collaborate effectively across distributed teams
Desirable experience:
• Experience with containerization and Kubernetes
• Exposure to payment systems or financial services environments
• Experience supporting mission-critical, high-availability platforms
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.