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Vice President, Software Engineering
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 “Senior Vice President, Cardholder Services” (General and Operations Managers) in NY: $241k–$241k, median $241k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% 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 Vice President, Software Engineering Role Overview Mastercard is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead the Developer Workbench, a strategic platform designed to deliver a unified, AI-enabled, end-to-end software engineering experience across the enterprise. The Developer Workbench will bring together core engineering products, developer tools, AI-assisted coding capabilities, development environments, testing workflows, deployment pipelines, cloud development experiences, and developer insights into one cohesive platform. This leader will be accountable for transforming the Workbench from a set of disconnected tools and services into a productized developer experience that improves productivity, accelerates onboarding, increases adoption of modern engineering capabilities, and strengthens governance across the software development lifecycle. This is a senior engineering leadership role for a builder, integrator, and enterprise change leader who can operate across product, engineering, architecture, security, finance, learning, and senior technology leadership. ________________________________________ Key Responsibilities Lead the Developer Workbench Engineering Strategy • Define and execute the engineering strategy for the Developer Workbench. • Establish the technical architecture, operating model, and roadmap for a unified developer platform. • Integrate developer tooling, engineering workflows, quality systems, AI coding capabilities, cloud and local development environments, and developer insights into a seamless end-to-end experience. • Ensure the platform is scalable, secure, reliable, measurable, and aligned with enterprise engineering standards. Build a Unified Developer Experience • Create a frictionless developer journey from onboarding through coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement. • Reduce manual setup, inconsistent tooling, and duplicated effort across engineering teams. • Partner with product teams to integrate capabilities across the MSBX product suite, and other engineering platforms. • Establish feedback mechanisms to continuously understand developer needs and improve the overall experience. Drive AI-Native Engineering Capabilities • Lead the adoption and integration of AI-assisted software engineering tools and agentic development capabilities. • Define governance, security, usage, enablement, and measurement models for AI coding assistants. • Partner with security, risk, compliance, and architecture teams to ensure responsible and secure use of AI across the software development lifecycle. • Measure the effectiveness of AI-enabled development through adoption, productivity, quality, and developer satisfaction metrics. Own Tooling Governance and Platform Stewardship • Establish a governance model for developer tools. • Manage tooling standards, lifecycle, versioning, adoption, enablement, and rationalization. • Ensure that developer tools are maintained, current, secure, and consistently supported. • Partner with finance and technology leaders to provide transparency into tool value, adoption, cost, and productivity impact. Build and Lead a High-Performing Engineering Organization • Recruit, develop, and lead a team of engineers, architects, platf