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Senior Software Engineer
Mastercard International Incorporated · 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah (Holladay)
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 286 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Mastercard International Incorporated paid sponsored hires in similar roles10 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in MO: $115k–$138k, median $127k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Mastercard International Incorporated
The US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 286 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Our Purpose Mastercard 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 Summary Senior Software Engineer Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Overview The Mastercard Open Finance Connect team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the future of financial connectivity and consumer experiences through consistent innovation and problem-solving. We are seeking an exceptional, hands-on engineer with advanced expertise in React.js, Node.js, TypeScript, API engineering, and cloud-native development. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with intellectual curiosity, customer focus, and practical AI fluency. You will build scalable experiences and backend platforms, use tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or Cursor responsibly, and explore AI-powered applications, agents, and agentic workflows while maintaining high standards for architecture, security, testing, reliability, and code quality. Role • Design, develop, and operate scalable customer-facing applications and backend services using React.js, Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript. • Build secure, reusable, commercial-grade REST APIs and integrations used by internal teams, financial institutions, data providers, and external partners. • Design microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven solutions with strong availability, performance, observability, and operational readiness. • Own features and services end to end, including design, estimation, development, testing, deployment, documentation, production support, and continuous improvement. • Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, documentation, code reviews, and technical exploration without compromising engineering judgment. • Design and build AI-powered capabilities, intelligent automation, agents, and agentic workflows that address meaningful customer and engineering needs. • Lead technical and architecture discussions, conduct high-quality code reviews, mentor engineers, and promote reusable frameworks, standards, and engineering best practices. All About You The ideal candidate for this position should: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, a related field, or equivalent practical software development experience. • Extensive experience in software engineering. • Demonstrate advanced full-stack expertise in React.js, Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript, with a strong understanding of component architecture, state management, performance optimization, and modern testing practices. • Have deep experience designing and developing scalable backend services and REST APIs using Node.js and frameworks