Director, Software Engineering

Director, Software Engineering

Director, Software Engineering
Mastercard's Business Experimentation & Optimization (BEO) program is seeking a Director, Software Engineering to lead the design, delivery, and evolution of our data platforms, analytics capabilities, and customer-facing solutions. This leader will be responsible for a global engineering organization that develops and operates the end-to-end data and analytics ecosystem powering customer insights and decision-making.
The role will initially focus on leading teams responsible for data ingestion, data engineering and data pipelines, custom analytics, and insight delivery, partnering closely with Product, Data Science, Analytics, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that create measurable customer and business value. Over time, this leader will expand their scope to assume ownership of key customer-facing products and experiences, helping shape the future vision and technology strategy for the BEO platform.
As part of the Services Technology organization, BEO is undergoing a significant technology transformation to modernize how we generate and deliver insights to our customers. This is a highly visible technical leadership opportunity to drive innovation through cloud-native platforms, modern data architectures, AI-enabled capabilities, and emerging technologies including agentic workflows. The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping the next generation of experimentation, analytics, and insight delivery capabilities across the platform.
This hybrid role is based in Arlington, VA and requires three days per week onsite. The leader will manage a global organization of approximately 25 engineers and engineering leaders, including 4–5 direct reports across the United States, India, and Europe. Success in this role requires strong technical leadership, working with ambiguity in a rapidly changing ecosystem, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive execution across globally distributed teams.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Arlington, Virginia: $195,000 - $323,000 USD