Director - Software Engineering

10 - 15 years

35 - 40 Lacs

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Lead Mastercards Account Level Management (ALM) platform engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions that enable issuers to manage account level economics, rewards, and product migrations without disrupting the cardholder experience. OverviewALM powers strategies such as Enhanced Value, Product Graduation Plus, and High Value, providing issuers with flexibility and insights to optimize portfolio performance. The platform integrates with authorization and clearing flows at global scale, requiring high availability, resilience, and security.We are seeking a hands on Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple teams, drive architectural modernization, and foster a culture of innovation and operational excellence. RoleDefine and execute the multi-quarter engineering roadmap for ALM services and UI experiences.Lead delivery of distributed, event-driven systems using Java/Spring Boot, Axon, and Kafka.Drive adoption of cloud native tooling (Kubernetes, PCF) and modern engineering practices (CI/CD, automated testing, observability).Champion agile methodologies at scale and continuous improvement.Build and mentor high-performing engineering managers and senior ICs.Promote AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to enhance productivity and quality.Ensure operational excellence: SLIs/SLOs, incident response, capacity planning, and risk management.Partner with Product, BizOps, and Architecture teams to deliver business outcomes. All About YouMust have10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years leading managers and senior engineers.Expertise in Java/Spring Boot, Axon Framework/Kafka, and cloud native platforms (Kubernetes, PCF).Strong experience with agile delivery and scaling frameworks (Scrum, SAFe).Proven success building and leading high-performing, inclusive teams.Demonstrated experience running large, highly performant platforms at global scale, ensuring reliability, resiliency, and cost efficiency.Hands on experience with AI powered developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot).Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.Nice to havePayments or regulated industry experience.Familiarity with authorization/clearing flows and issuer/acquirer ecosystems.Knowledge of mainframe or large RDBMS (DB2/Oracle) modernization.

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