Jobs / United States / Mastercard International Incorporated
Lead Software Engineer
Mastercard International Incorporated · 🇺🇸 O'Fallon, Missouri
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 Lead Software Engineer Overview: The Mastercard Developer Workbench, part of the MSBX (Mastercard Software Builder Experience) division, is evolving from a cost-allocation construct into a unified, developer-centric platform. With over 11,500 software engineers across the organization, Mastercard is investing in a dedicated product team to deliver an integrated, end-to-end developer experience. The Developer Workbench brings together five core MSBX products — BuildersHub, DevFlow, TestFlow, DevInsights, and Cloud DevEx — alongside cross-cutting tools including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Docker Desktop. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of how engineers at one of the world's leading technology companies build, test, and ship software. About the Role: - Serve as a technical anchor on the team — setting the bar for engineering quality, driving architectural decisions, and providing hands-on guidance to fellow engineers across the platform. - Design, build, and maintain core components of the Developer Workbench platform across the full development lifecycle, while actively supporting teammates in doing the same. - Lead the technical direction and roadmap of the Developer Workbench, driving its evolution from a chargeback mechanism into a cohesive, productized developer experience — and bringing the engineering team along through clear technical reasoning and collaborative decision-making. - Own and advance the integration of software engineering tools across the development lifecycle, establishing patterns and practices the team can build on consistently. - Lead the governance of the "birthright and optional tooling" catalogue — driving version lifecycle management, tool evaluations, and deprecation of redundant solutions in close coordination with engineering stakeholders. - Partner with product owners, platform teams, and engineering stakeholders to align workbench capabilities with organization-wide engineering priorities, acting as a technical voice in cross-functional discussions. - Lead the design and delivery of developer enablement features — onboarding flows, self-service tooling, feedback integrations — and help the broader team understand and extend these systems effectively. - Architect and oversee the implementation of pre-provisioned onboarding environments that enable new hires to be productive within 30 minutes of day one. - Drive the adoption and advancement of AI-augmented development capabilities including agentic coding tools, code assistants, and automated quality pipelines — acting as a technical authority and enabler for the team. - Define and champion meaningful instrumentation and metrics that surface developer productivity, satisfaction, and platform health across the organization. - Engage across engineering, security, and compliance teams to ensure tooling implementations meet Mastercard's security and regulatory requirements, and help teammates navigate those constraints effectively. - Actively contribute to and help lead the Software Engineering Guild — sharing deep technical expertise, elevating engineering standards, and mentoring engineers across the organization. All About You: - Proven track record as a technical leader among peers — known for raising the qu