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Senior Scala Software Engineer

AT Mastercard
Mastercard

Senior Scala Software Engineer

Budapest, Hungary

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

Senior Scala Software Engineer

Senior Scala Software Engineer

Overview:
Ekata, a Mastercard company within Identity Solutions, is the global standard in identity verification, providing businesses worldwide the ability to link any digital transaction to the human behind it. Our Ekata Identity Engine, the first and only of its kind, uses complex machine learning to combine features derived from the billions of transactions within our proprietary network and the data from our graph to deliver industry leading risk assessment solutions.

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The Identity Enrichment Team is responsible for internal business logic, normalizations and enrichment of data and is looking for a Senior Software Engineer in our Budapest office. If you love solving complex challenges, enjoy working in a team that values impact and craftsmanship, and are excited about shaping the future of our technology, we'd love to meet you.

Role & Responsibilities:
- Work as part of a Scrum team that is geographically diverse (US West Coast and Central Europe)
- Responsible for developing low-latency, high throughput software backend (JVM, REST API) solutions in a cloud native, geo distributed system
- As part of a team with end-to-end responsibility, daily activities include analysis, design, development, test design and automation, deployment and maintenance
- Propose comprehensive solutions, write and review design documentations, estimate and plan the engineering work
- Understand and adhere to Mastercard standards, processes, and best practices

All About You:
- Demonstrated backend software development experience in a professional development team setting
- Backend micro-service development experience using JVM with any OOP or FP language with modern service framework (as a rule of thumb, min 4y+ or equivalent)
- Experience working with cloud native server environments (as a rule of thumb, min 2y+ AWS)
- Knowledge of unit and automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipeline and source control systems
- Possess strong communication skills in English -- both verbal and written - and strong collaborative and organizational skills
- Willingness and ability to learn
- Open to work in shifted working hours (until 18:30 ~3 times per week)

Helpful to have:
- Experience with Clojure, Scala and related service frameworks; or any other functional programming languages
- Experience with customer facing, scalable, and performant RESTful APIs that processes large amount of data
- Experience with monitoring tools and supporting high customer traffic APIs (Grafana, Prometheus)
- Experience writing automated acceptance tests in Cucumber, RestAssured, etc. (used in CI/CD pipelines)
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, and messaging (Redis, ElastiCache, DynamoDB, S3, Kinesis, Kafka)
- Experience with cloud-based technologies (AWS, Docker, K8S)
- Experience with workflow automation like Airflow
- Experience working in a CI/CD environment (Jenkins)
- Experience with Confluence and JIRA
- Experience in delivering secure solutions in Financial / Fraud Services Sector is helpful to have.

Education / Experience:
- Broad understanding of software engineering craftsmanship is required.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Budapest, Hungary
Job ID: Mastercard-22331_R-242539
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
    • Health Reimbursement Account
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • On-site/Nearby Childcare
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
    • Some Meals Provided
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • 401(K)
    • Company Equity
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)