MastercardSoftware Engineer-2
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Design and develop backend applications and test automation frameworks using Java, leveraging AI coding assistants for productivity.
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-2Software Engineer IIRole Summary
We are seeking a Software Engineer II with 3+ years of experience in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software applications and services.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain software applications, services, and automation solutions using Java and related technologies.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Build and maintain automated validation frameworks that support functional, integration, API, and end-to-end testing scenarios.
• Contribute to application design discussions with a focus on scalability, maintainability, performance, and testability.
• Develop reusable libraries, utilities, and frameworks that improve engineering productivity and software quality.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions to promote engineering best practices.
• Improve test coverage, automation maturity, and quality metrics across products and services.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and ensure quality gates are integrated throughout the delivery process.
• Apply secure coding standards and contribute to operational excellence through monitoring, observability, and reliability practices.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot to improve engineering productivity while maintaining quality and security standards.
Required Qualifications
• 3+ years in Software Engineering, Test Automation, or a related role
• Strong Java programming skills
• Experience with enterprise applications, automation frameworks, and testing platforms
• Solid understanding of OOP, design principles, and design patterns
• Experience with REST APIs and service-based architectures
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test solutions
Technical Skills
Core Skills
• Java, SDLC, Data Structures & Algorithms
• Software Design & Architecture
• Code Reviews, Secure Coding, Troubleshooting
• Unit, Functional, Integration & API Testing
• End-to-End Test Automation and Test Framework Development
Tools & Frameworks
• Playwright, RestAssured, TestNG, Cucumber (BDD)
• Git and CI/CD pipelines
AI-Assisted Engineering
• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot or similar AI development tools
• Ability to leverage AI-generated code while maintaining quality, security, and engineering standards
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.
How we rate this
Software Engineer-2 at Mastercard rates 40 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.
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- Tell me about a project where software engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where test automation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where rest apis was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where ci cd was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Copilot in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Software Engineering, Test Automation, Rest Apis, Ci Cd, and Copilot. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them — a tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list — this role treats it as a required part of the job.
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