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What they do

Mastercard is a global technology company in payments. It works in more than 200 countries and territories. It makes transactions secure, simple, smart, and accessible through its networks, data, and partnerships. Its products include payment authentication, digital identity, and fraud and cyber services. Its Advisors & Consulting Services team gives clients strategy and data insights.

What they value

• Build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper.
• Do well by doing good.
• Let the Decency Quotient (DQ) drive the culture, with inclusion, respect, and diversity.
• Use diverse views to make better decisions and drive innovation.
• Hire on merit: the most qualified person for the role.

Where they hire

The board has over 1,000 Postings worldwide. Pune has the most, then O'Fallon (Missouri), Purchase (New York), Dublin, Gurgaon, and Lisbon. Others are in cities across every region. The Postings do not say whether roles are remote or hybrid. Consulting Postings ask for the right to work in the country of the role.

Teams and roles

Engineering is the largest job category, then product.

• Engineering: software engineers from level II to lead and principal, roles that keep systems reliable, database roles, and architect roles. Teams include payment authentication and agentic AI (AI that acts on its own for a user).
• Product: product managers up to director, for digital identity, pricing, and security products.
• Consulting: consultants and managing consultants in Advisors & Consulting Services. Its five areas are strategy, performance analytics, business experimentation, marketing, and program management.
• Sales and market development: sales, partnership, and sponsorship roles.
• AI and data: data scientists and data science leaders.
• Also finance, corporate security, customer care, law, HR, and strategy roles. A few Postings are internships.

What they look for

Many Postings are for managers, directors, and vice presidents. Engineering Postings ask for Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs (a common way for programs to talk to each other), and some ask for Angular and Node.js. They want secure coding, testing, and code reviews. A Software Engineer II needs 3 to 5 years, with cloud and AI-assisted tools a plus. Analyst roles ask for a degree in business or finance, Excel, and tools such as Tableau or Power BI for reports, or SQL for querying data. Data science roles ask for Python and SQL. Consultants lead client work with data and must write and present well.