Software Engineer, Launch Graduate Program 2026

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

Software Engineer, Launch Graduate Program SingaporeMastercard 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. 

The Mastercard Launch program is aimed at early career talent, to help you develop skills and gain cross-functional work experience. Over a period of 18 months, Launch participants will be assigned to a business unit, learn and develop skills, and gain valuable on the job experience.

Job Overview:

•Support software engineering through programming, testing, implementation, documenting and delivery of software solutions.

•Researches alternative technical solutions for changing business needs.

Major Accountabilities:

•Responsible for programming, testing, implementation, documentation, maintenance and support of systems application software in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes and best practices.

•Develop high quality, secure, scalable software solutions based on technical requirements specifications and design artifacts within expected time and budget.

•Research, create and evaluate technical solution alternatives for the business needs.

•Create systems and testing documentation per department standards.

•Follow standards in development and testing to ensure compliance with Audit Requirements.

•Follow MasterCard Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes.

•Support collection and reporting of project and software metrics.
•Actively look for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.

Education:

•Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Management Information Systems or equivalent work experience.

Knowledge / Experience:

•Basic understanding and knowledge of Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies is required.

•0 to 12 months of experience in the software engineering field.

Skills/ Abilities:

•Must be high-energy, detail-oriented, proactive, and able to function under pressure to meet tight deadlines.

•Strong communication skills -- both verbal and written – and able to quickly learn and implement new technologies, application appropriate frameworks and tools.

•Strong relationship, collaborative skills and organizational skills with a high degree of initiative and self-motivation and Able to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.

•Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities.

Qualifications:

•Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or accelerated master's program graduating between Dec 2025 – June 2026.

•Able to start work on 6 July 2026 (Start date is fixed)

•You possess relevant full working rights to work in Singapore and do not require visa sponsorship now or in the future

•Project-based experience (personal, academic, internship) in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as: Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, etc.

•Familiarity using persistent data stores such as relational databases, NoSQL, etc. Uses defensive coding, logging, and alerts to help prevent issues.

•Experience writing automated tests to verify code correctness and expected behavior.

•Experience with source control management (e.g., git), deployment, and task management tools.

•Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and familiarity with common debugging tools and information to diagnose issues such as stack traces, memory profiling, code tracing, etc., using all debugging techniques/ tools and logs.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes 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 breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

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