Director, Software Engineering
Core
Lead the engineering strategy and hands-on delivery of applied AI and agentic capabilities for the Mastercard Virtual C-Suite products, building scalable software platforms where agents operate as intelligent personas and orchestrated digital workers.
Role type
Director, Software Engineering (Applied AI & Agentic Systems)
Builds
Production-grade agentic applications, reusable agent frameworks, and enterprise AI enablement platforms.
Domain
Financial Technology (Payments) + Generative AI / Agentic Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering leadership, agentic system architecture, distributed systems design, Generative AI/LLM application development, cloud-native platform engineering, AI tooling adoption, executive communication, security and risk management.
Preferred skills
Advanced degree in CS/SE, experience with multi-step reasoning and workflow orchestration.
Technologies
AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Microservices, Event-driven systems, LLMs, AI Agents.
Responsibilities
Define engineering vision for agentic applications and frameworks; build and scale engineering teams for agent product capabilities; drive architecture of production-grade agentic systems with observability and safety; establish common agentic engineering frameworks; partner with cross-functional teams to identify high-value use cases; lead adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools; shape platform capabilities for agent lifecycle management; drive engineering excellence in reliability and cost-aware operations.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC leader with 15+ years experience