Software Engineer II

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 II Overview

Overview

The Virtual Card Management (VCM) team is part of the Commercial Transaction Management & Controls (CTMC) program within Mastercard's Commercial & New Payment Flows (CNPF) organization - making payments smarter and businesses stronger by providing faster, more secure, and more efficient commercial payment experiences globally. VCM is responsible for the end to end lifecycle of virtual and real card management, including authorization & clearing, spend controls, gateway & token management, event notifications, and multi scheme virtual card capabilities. Our platform powers key products such as InControl (ICCP), Business Payment Controls (BPC), and Commercial Connect API - serving issuers, corporates, fintechs, and travel intermediaries worldwide.

Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer II - Test Automation to join our Account Service team at Mastercard, working on tools and platforms that serve customers and developers globally. This is a hands on individual contributor role focused on designing, building, and maintaining high quality automated test frameworks and pipelines. You will be embedded in a feature team, working closely with software engineers to integrate test automation directly into the development workflow and ensure reliable, production ready releases. Our platform is built around exposing RESTful endpoints, and the bulk of our testing work centers on validating HTTP interactions - CRUD operations, request/response contracts, status codes, error handling, and API behaviour across distributed services.

As a Software Engineer II on the VCM team, you will take end to end ownership of testing for assigned features, with a strong emphasis on automation. For each feature, you will:

• Understand requirements and design an automation strategy early in the development cycle
• Build automated test coverage across API and integration layers before release
• Perform targeted manual and exploratory testing to validate edge cases and real user scenarios
• Identify defects, work directly with developers to clarify issues, and drive fixes
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery

Responsibilities

• Own test automation for assigned features as an embedded member of a feature team
• Design and implement automated tests using Java, REST Assured (API testing), Playwright (backend service testing), and Cucumber (BDD)
• Validate RESTful APIs across the full range of HTTP interactions - CRUD operations, response contracts, status codes, authentication flows, and error scenarios
• Build and maintain robust, scalable test frameworks that integrate seamlessly into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure new features are covered by reliable, maintainable automation before every release
• Monitor test stability, triage failures, and continuously improve test quality and pipeline performance
• Contribute to shared automation tooling and best practices across the team
• Perform exploratory and manual testing where needed to complement automation coverage

All About You Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent.

Technical Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in test automation or software engineering in test
• Strong Java and/or JavaScript skills applied in automation frameworks or tooling
• Hands on experience with REST Assured for API testing
• Hands on experience with Playwright for backend service testing
• Experience with Cucumber for BDD style test design
• Solid understanding of Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline integration
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, HTTP methods, and CRUD based architectures
• Experience testing distributed systems and microservices style backends
• Ability to work closely and collaboratively with software engineers in a feature team setting
• A pragmatic approach - knowing when to automate and when to explore manually
• Practical knowledge of SDLC models (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and the ability to participate effectively in agile delivery processes
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve routine issues through log analysis, problem reproduction, and application of documented solutions and security patches
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD toolchains - understanding continuous integration, delivery, and deployment practices to support software flow and quality
• Exposure to cloud platforms and application design patterns for cloud based environments
• Understanding of secure coding standards and the ability to apply basic security best practices in day to day development

Professional Skills

• Business Acumen - ability to understand internal business operations and how technical work connects to customer and business outcomes
• Strong collaboration and communication skills - works effectively with team members and cross functional stakeholders to deliver quality outcomes
• Proactive approach to documentation, knowledge sharing, and process improvement
• Eagerness to learn, adapt to new technologies, and grow within the Software Engineering discipline

Corporate Security Responsibility

• 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
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines