Senior Software Engineer (Sanctions Service & AI Inference)

Join Mastercard as a Senior Software Engineer in Vancouver, where you will play a key role in advancing the company's Sanctions Screening solutions. You will design, develop, and support business-critical software systems that operate at a global scale, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure, and innovative solutions. This position offers the opportunity to work on a highly visible platform and shape the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices across the organization.

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance software solutions for sanctions screening. - Drive technical design and implementation of new product capabilities and platform improvements, and participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle. - Mentor and coach engineers through technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and hands-on leadership, while promoting engineering best practices.

- Strong problem-solving, analytical and technical design skills - Proven ability to mentor engineers and provide technical leadership - Excellent communication and collaboration skills - Strong understanding of software reliability, performance and security principles - Experience with automated testing and software quality practices - Strong software engineering experience with Java and modern application development frameworks - Experience designing and building scalable, highly available distributed systems - Experience in payments, compliance, fraud, risk management or financial services - Experience with cloud-native architectures and modern software delivery practices - Experience working in highly regulated and mission-critical environments - Experience using AI-assisted development tools, agentic workflows or intelligent automation solutions - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline