Software Engineer II (Backend Java)

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200 countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers were helping build asustainableeconomy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices making transactionssecure 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 II (Backend Java)

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 Decision Management program enables intelligent decision-based products through streaming analytics providing the ability to govern decisions and manage their outcomes with business agility.
The platform leverages business rules and AI engines streaming big-data technologies in-memory data grids APIs and user interfaces to deliver real-time decisions at global scale.

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join our DMP team in our Vancouver office.
The successful candidate will contribute hands-on to software design development testing and delivery while collaborating with experienced engineers and supporting the growth of junior team members.

Are you:
A strong software engineer with experience building high-performance applications
Excited about getting a 360-degree view of the coding world - writing code to develop a piece of code as well as write code to test it
Passionate about solving complex technical problems and delivering meaningful customer outcomes
Interested in building technology that helps prevent fraud across Mastercard transactions globally

Role
Design develop and maintain application functionality primarily using Java.
Develop comprehensive unit integration and functional tests.
Apply software engineering best practices to produce well-designed maintainable scalable secure and testable code.
Take ownership of assigned features and backlog items from development through testing and delivery.
Diagnose technical issues and develop creative solutions to complex problems.
Collaborate with senior engineers and other team members to resolve technical challenges and delivery blockers.
Participate actively in Scrum ceremonies including refinement planning daily stand-ups reviews and retrospectives.
Provide technical guidance knowledge sharing and mentoring to junior engineers.
Collaborate with stakeholders to communicate development progress technical considerations risks and next steps.
Contribute consistently toward sprint and iteration commitments and overall team objectives.
Leverage approved AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude Code to accelerate development improve engineering productivity and enhance code quality.

About You

Essential Knowledge / Experience
Strong software development and programming skills with solid knowledge of Java.
Strong knowledge of Spring and related Java frameworks.
Good understanding of object-oriented design software design principles and development best practices.
Experience with unit-testing and mocking frameworks such as JUnit Mockito or EasyMock.
Good SQL knowledge and experience working with Oracle databases.
Experience developing and supporting high-performance applications.
Strong diagnostic troubleshooting and creative problem-solving skills.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities within business-driven timelines.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments and delivering against sprint and backlog commitments.
Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and technical/business stakeholders.

Desirable Skills
Knowledge of agentic AI concepts and/or experience building custom AI agents tools or skills.
Experience with testing frameworks such as REST Assured and Selenium WebDriver.
Experience with IBM ILOG/ODM and Pivotal GemFire.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with Angular.
Experience with distributed highly available or real-time processing systems.
BS in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field preferred.

Mastercard is a merit-based inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the the US or Canada if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process please contact and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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 Mastercards 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 Mastercards guidelines.

In line with Mastercards total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in Canada the successful candidate will be offered a competitive pay based on location experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program.

Pay Ranges

Vancouver Canada: $91000 - $140000 CAD