Our PurposeMastercard 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 SummaryLead Software EngineerOverviewWe are seeking a talented Lead Software Development Engineer in Test to lead the design and test automation strategy for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to validate application functionality and performance based on refined acceptance criteria, using methodologies, tools, strategies, and standards based on best practices in Agile software testing and continuous integration and deployment.RolePlay a pivotal role on the Agile team in the continuous validation of web applications, system to system interfaces and complete software solutionsDesign and develop test automation scenarios to validate system to system interfaces and complete software solutions (for API and UI tests)Interact with business and development stakeholders to define test plans and schedulesTranslate complex system requirements and specs into test requirements and testing methodsIdentify and implement complex automation efforts, including refactoring of automation code where neededWork closely with software engineers to build quality in, ensuring proper test and requirement coverage, configuration quality, monitoring, early performance testingGenerate test data for defined test cases, recognize test environment preparation needs, and execute existing test plans and report resultsParticipate in project-level reviews, walkthroughs and inspections, and conduct test reviews, including test plans, requirements, cases and automation coverageDocument performance test strategies and test plans, and execute performance validationCollect quality metric data and communicate test status/risks to stakeholdersWork closely with developers to identify code defects or regressionsClosely adhere to quality standards and assist team members in validating application functionality through the implementation of test strategies, frameworks, tools, reports, etc.Assist in planning and documenting test strategies and acceptance criteria based on customer needsParticipate in requirements review, story elaborations and testing activitiesDesign, code, and construct automation tests; escalate issues during testingProvide automation tests for operations teams to use in Ci/Cd automated quality gatesPerform Exploratory testing as requiredRaise process improvement opportunitiesAct as first-review for project-level reviews, walkthroughs and inspectionsProvide technical support and mentoring to junior team membersPerform demos of new product functionality to stakeholdersAll About YouExperienced in advanced code development, code review, and construction and use of automation frameworksExperienced in building automation frameworks as well as acceptance and integration test automation scriptsSuccessfully developed high quality test strategies and text executionAnalyse application logs and utilise basic debugging techniquesSuccessfully validated one or more applications via automation, for new feature functionality and regression testingExperienced in Agile testing methodologies and tools, unit and integration testing, and data virtualization toolsGood understanding of validation techniques and Continuous TestingFamiliarity with UI automation frameworks, tools, and techniques to validate user interfaces (mobile, portal, web, etc.)Able to mentor peers and guide less experienced Team membersTechnical Skills : UI Automation: Playwright/Cypress Mandatory, API Automation: Playwright Mandatory. Load Test Framework: JMeter and Gatling: Mandatory, Zephyr/Xray: Mandatory, AXE Core: Intermediate, Programming Language: Javascript: Mandatory, Java: Intermediate, Scala: Intermediate, TypeScript: Intermediate, Python: Intermediate, DB: SQL - Mandatory, Databricks - Intermediate, CI/CD: Mandatory, Jenkins - Mandatory, Bitbucket/Git: Mandatory, AWS - Beginner, Azure: intermediate, Rally - Intermediate, Jira - Mandatory.Design ArchitectureTechnology R&DProject ManagementRequirements AssessmentSoftware DevelopmentAgile DevelopmentAutomation and DevOpsProfessional SkillsBusiness AcumenCommercial FocusFuture FocusGlobal PerspectiveInnovation and thought leadershipPeople LeadershipPersonal InfluenceCorporate Security ResponsibilityAll 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, andComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
