Mastercard is hiring for a Software Engineer – Java Spring Boot position in Pune, Maharashtra. The opening is associated with Mastercard’s Payments Network Technology organization and focuses on building secure, scalable and highly available payment-network solutions using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, Kafka and cloud-native engineering practices.
📍 Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India – 411006
💼 Role: Software Engineer – Java Spring Boot
🆔 Job ID: R-289508
⏰ End Date: 25 September 2026
🏢 Category: Engineering
📌 Job Type: Full Time
🏢 About Mastercard
Mastercard is a global technology company operating in the payments industry. Its technology and payment network connect individuals, businesses, financial institutions and governments across more than 210 countries and territories. Mastercard focuses on making digital transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible while also providing services around cybersecurity, fraud prevention and digital payments.
For software engineers, Mastercard provides exposure to technology supporting payment systems where security, reliability, scalability, availability and data integrity are particularly important.
💻 What Will You Work On?
The Software Engineer will work on payment-network technology and contribute across the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment and production support.
Key responsibilities include:
• Develop Java and Spring Boot microservices
• Build and integrate REST APIs
• Implement Kafka-based event-driven architectures
• Apply object-oriented programming, SOLID principles and reusable design patterns
• Write unit, component, integration and regression tests
• Participate in peer reviews and Agile development
• Troubleshoot application, database, messaging and performance issues
• Contribute to CI/CD, automation and operational readiness
• Improve application observability and resiliency
• Collaborate with product, architecture, testing, operations and engineering teams
🌟 Why This Role Is Good for Early-Career Professionals
This role can provide valuable exposure to enterprise Java development and real-world distributed systems. Instead of working only on basic CRUD applications, candidates can learn how microservices communicate through event-driven messaging and how production systems are designed for resilience and observability.
The combination of Java + Spring Boot + Kafka + REST APIs + databases + CI/CD + cloud-native technologies also provides a strong foundation for backend and distributed-systems careers.
The payments domain adds another layer of engineering knowledge because developers need to consider security, transaction integrity, reliability and scalability.
🛠️ Skills Required
Candidates should prepare the following areas:
• Core Java, OOP and Java Collections
• Spring Framework and Spring Boot
• REST API development and HTTP fundamentals
• Microservices architecture
• Kafka and event-driven systems
• SQL/NoSQL databases
• Git and branching strategies
• Unit and integration testing
• CI/CD pipelines
• Docker and container fundamentals
• Cloud-native development concepts
• Secure coding and API security
• Logging, monitoring and observability
• Agile/Scrum and SDLC
• Problem-solving and communication
💰 Expected Salary Range
The job posting does not disclose an official salary range. Publicly reported Mastercard Software Engineer salary data for Pune places the broader Software Engineer range at approximately ₹13 LPA–₹21.2 LPA, with reported compensation varying by experience and level; these figures are third-party estimates rather than a guaranteed package for Job ID R-289508. (AmbitionBox)
For fresher/early-career candidates, the actual offer can differ considerably based on level, qualifications, hiring program and compensation structure.
🎯 Expected Mastercard Interview Rounds
1️⃣ Online Assessment: Coding, DSA and potentially aptitude/technical fundamentals.
2️⃣ Technical Round: Java, OOP, Spring Boot, SQL, APIs, microservices and projects.
3️⃣ Advanced Technical/Managerial Discussion: System design, Kafka, cloud-native development, troubleshooting and engineering decisions.
4️⃣ HR/Behavioral Round: Communication, teamwork, motivation and organization-specific questions.
🎯 Preparation Tips
☕ Java: Revise OOP, Collections, exception handling, multithreading, Java 8+ features and commonly used design patterns.
🌱 Spring Boot: Practice dependency injection, annotations, REST controllers, service/repository layers, validation, exception handling and configuration.
🔄 Kafka: Understand producers, consumers, topics, partitions, offsets, consumer groups and delivery semantics. Be ready to explain why Kafka is useful for event-driven systems.
🏗️ Microservices: Prepare a small architecture involving multiple Spring Boot services, REST communication, Kafka events and database persistence.
🔐 Payments & Security: Understand idempotency, authentication, authorization, encryption, input validation and secure API design. Do not overlook transaction consistency and duplicate-event handling.
📊 Production Engineering: Revise logging, metrics, tracing, health checks, retries, circuit breakers and graceful failure.
🤖 AI Engineering: The JD specifically mentions GitHub Copilot and Claude CLI. Be prepared to discuss responsible use of AI-assisted coding for development, testing, debugging and documentation while reviewing generated code.
📄 Resume Tips
Create a Java backend-focused resume rather than using a generic software-development profile. Highlight projects containing Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices and Kafka near the top.
Use achievement-oriented statements such as:
• “Developed Spring Boot REST APIs supporting X business workflows.”
• “Implemented Kafka-based event processing for asynchronous service communication.”
• “Created automated unit/integration tests improving release confidence.”
• “Containerized Spring Boot services using Docker.”
Also mention Git, CI/CD, SQL, cloud platforms, testing frameworks and AI-assisted development tools where genuinely applicable. If you have a payments, banking or fintech project, make it highly visible.
📩 How to Apply
👉 Application Link: Click Here
Interested candidates should apply through the official Mastercard careers channel and search for Job ID: R-289508.
Mastercard Careers
📅 Application deadline: 25 September 2026
📍 Pune, Maharashtra
💼 Software Engineer – Java Spring Boot
🆔 R-289508
🚀 If you have a strong foundation in Java, Spring Boot, microservices and backend engineering, prepare around the JD’s Kafka, distributed-systems, security and cloud-native requirements before applying.
