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Principal Software Engineer
Mastercard International Incorporated · 🇺🇸 New York City, New York
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 roles1 certified filing for “Software Engineer” (Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers) in NY: $110k–$110k, median $110k. Most were filed at wage level II (100%) — 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 Principal Software Engineer Principal Solution Engineer to support Mastercard Checkout Services This position is a key member of a team of business technologists responsible for the design and development of products and solutions that further MasterCard’s goals in digital commerce. This role will work with business partners from across the globe to design digital products and the detailed product and technical road-maps required to support global deployments of eCommerce and Mobile Commerce products. Additionally, this role will lead the transition from a product road-map into detailed release plans and the transition of the plans to technical delivery teams. The position requires extensive experience and demonstrated thought leadership in the development and delivery of products eCommerce and Mobile Commerce. Major Accountabilities: • Working with Business Partners, design our technology products and applications to meet MasterCard’s business objectives. • Develop and own the technology road-map for our eCommerce and Mobile Commerce products • Coordinate the technical road-mapping process ensuring alignment with business objectives, enterprise architecture plans, and technology delivery • Ensure business requirements are of sufficient quality and detail to ensure the road-map can be transitioned to development release plans. • Provide thought leadership in eCommerce and Mobile Commerce, an advisor to our business partners. • Ensure communications are timely and transparent between business teams and technology teams, across the globe. • Single point of contact for new software development request, requests for product evaluation, sizing of new requirements, etc. Skills/ Abilities: • Must have extensive experience in designing and developing consumer facing eCommerce and Mobile Commerce products and solutions. • Effectively deal with difficult situations. Help develop solutions to complex problems. • Ability to translate highly complex technical matters into easily digestible and actionable plans. • Requires the ability to influence business and technology partners and individual contributors. • Must have the ability to foster open communications across various organizational levels. • Requires skills to motivate teams to deliver superior results. • Requires the skills to provide functional and directional guidance to staff and recommend policy or strategic direction changes to management. • Requires the ability to interact across multiple organizational levels and assume a lead role and set direction for large or complex projects. • Strong leadership, interpersonal, relationship-building and negotiation skills required with a solid track record for developing internal and external relationships. • Provide measurable input into new products, processes, standards or plans in support of the business. Education: • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. 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