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Mastercard Australia

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4.4
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Software Engineer - Graduate Program (Feb 2025)

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  • Australia

    Australia

    • New South Wales

      Sydney

Location

Sydney

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Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeGraduate Job or Program
  • SalaryAUD 75000 / Year
  • Number of vacancies1-5 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 30 Apr 2024
  • Start dateStart date 4 Feb 2025

Mastercard works to connect and power a sustainable and inclusive global economy. Software engineers at Mastercard build the systems that process transactions, analyze data and detect fraud to gain insight into the direction of the economy on behalf of our customers. We are focused on building simple, safe and smart solutions that instil trust in every interaction. Our industry expertise is enhanced by our commitment to being a force for good in the world and to doing well by doing good.

Mastercard relies on our global workforce to help us achieve our goal of building a sustainable, inclusive global economy. We cultivate an environment for all employees that respects their strengths, views, and experiences through a global and collaborative culture of inclusion and a sense of belonging.

Mastercard software engineering teams are obsessed with security, reliability, and performance and are driven to deliver solutions that delight our customers. We are looking for talented software engineers to develop advanced technologies and applications that are revolutionizing payments.

  • Are you passionate about software engineering?
  • Do you enjoy seeing your code have a real-world impact on a wide range of customers and important problems?
  • Do you want to join a company that offers a competitive benefits program that attracts and retains the most talented engineers around the world?
  • Do you want to work for a company that offers additional benefits that match our values such as flexible work hours, paid volunteer days, charitable matching, and tuition assistance?
  • Do you thrive in a place where you are continuously learning more while growing your skills and career?
  • Do you want to join an inclusive culture where employees, in all their diversity, feel valued, respected, and who can bring their authentic selves to work? Learn more at Mastercard’s Corporate Sustainability Report.

The Software Development Engineer I is a full-time role within Mastercard Launch, a cohort-based, graduate development program designed to build the skills you’ll leverage most as an innovator in the payments space. Eligibility requires that you currently be a graduating senior, pursuing a relevant degree.

Role:

  • A hands-on engineer who writes high-quality code with a focus on security, design, and maintainability.
  • Contribute to all phases of software development from design through rollout.
  • Have strong ownership of your team’s software including monitoring, dependencies, build, and deployments.
  • Communicate, collaborate and work effectively in a global environment.

About You:

  • Currently enrolled in your final year of a bachelor’s or accelerated master’s program
  • Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts.
  • Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, etc.
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
  • Strong analytical and excellent problem-solving skills.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

  • Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
  • Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
  • Report any suspected information security violation or the breach, and
  • Complete all periodic mandatory security training in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Qualification level
Qualification level
Bachelor or higher
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Working rights
    Australian Citizen
  • Study fields
    IT & Computer Science
  • Degree typesBachelor or higher
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Graduate
Sydney
2 years ago

I support both strategy and platform projects by taking meeting notes, helping plan workshops/interviews and create presentation packs.

user
Graduate
Sydney
2 years ago

Software engineer, I focus on executing and maintaining tests and testing environments

user
Graduate
Sydney
2 years ago

I work on different types of projects within my team, but also get the opportunity to organise and facilitate events to connect with our external partners and clients. I also do a lot of market research and analysis in my role, which is great as I get to utilize the skills I gained from my Masters degree.

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Mastercard Australia

Rating

4.4

Number of employees

1,000 - 50,000 employees

Industries

Technology

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry

Pros and cons of working at Mastercard Australia

Pros

  • I love all the opportunities for growth and development within MC. From early on in the graduate program, I have had exposure to high impact projects and can see and feel the difference that I make at work each day. I also love that we have such a social graduate program, with events organised regularly and plenty of networking opportunities with people from across the business.

  • Opportunities to work at forefront of payments technology and solve interesting problems; collaborative and respective working environment and culture with a strong focus on work/life balance and employee wellbeing; calibre of talent.

  • Ability to work on highly important value-add projects, clients and initiatives Senior leadership engagement day-to-day and involvement in broader initiatives Flexibility to rotate into different roles and work across teams

  • Good Culture, lots of team social and bonding opportunities, good personalities on the team

  • The innovative, fast-paced environment that encourages cross-divisional work and constant learning.

Cons

    • It was a tough learning curve at the start. Having never worked in the payments space, there was a lot of jargon and business processes that I didn't understand.

    • Being a larger, publicly listed organisation - we can be bogged down by bureaucracy and processes which are apparent to me having come from a start-up space previously.

    • The Melbourne office is relatively small when compared to Sydney and others, allowing for less network-building/work social scene.

    • Subject to global policies that don't always suit or consider the local situation; compensation is less competitive

    • The average age tends to be a little high so it can make organizing things like after-work drinks etc. more difficult than other places I have worked.