Senior Software Engineer (Sanctions Service & AI Inference)
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- We are seeking a Senior Software/AI Engineer to join our AI & Decision Product Enablement team in Vancouver and help advance Mastercard’s Sanctions Screening solutions. This role focuses on building scalable, high-performance services that help financial institutions manage sanctions risk, support regulatory compliance, and enable secure payment processing
- This is an opportunity to work on a highly visible platform while helping shape the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices across the organization
- As a Senior Software/AI Engineer, you will design, develop and support business-critical software systems that operate at global scale. You will work closely with engineering, product, compliance and operations teams to deliver reliable, secure and innovative solutions
- Design, develop and maintain scalable, secure and high-performance software solutions
- Drive technical design and implementation of new product capabilities and platform improvements
- Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment and production support
- Lead technical discussions, perform code reviews and promote engineering best practices
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and drive root-cause analysis and resolution
- Mentor and coach engineers through technical guidance, knowledge sharing and hands-on leadership
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that meet business, security and compliance requirements
- Improve system resiliency, scalability, operational excellence and cloud readiness
- A key aspect of this role is leveraging AI and agentic technologies to improve engineering effectiveness and accelerate delivery
- Use AI-assisted development tools to improve software delivery, testing, troubleshooting and documentation
- Identify and implement opportunities to automate engineering and operational workflows
- Develop reusable AI-enabled solutions that improve productivity and reduce operational overhead
- Establish best practices for responsible AI adoption with emphasis on trustworthy models and harness engineering
- Ensure AI-assisted solutions maintain high standards of quality, security, transparency and human oversight
- Strong problem-solving, analytical and technical design skills
- Proven ability to mentor engineers and provide technical leadership
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Strong understanding of software reliability, performance and security principles
- Experience with automated testing and software quality practices
- Strong software engineering experience with Java and modern application development frameworks
- Experience designing and building scalable, highly available distributed systems
- Experience in payments, compliance, fraud, risk management or financial services
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and modern software delivery practices
- Experience working in highly regulated and mission-critical environments
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools, agentic workflows or intelligent automation solutions
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline