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# Lead Software Engineer (SDET) at Mastercard

Department: Engineering

LanguageEnglish
Français

Compensation

CA$127,000 – CA$203,000/yr

**Location**
: Toronto, Ontario

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: lead/mgmt

**Posted**
: Sep 16, 2026

## Description

Mastercard is hiring a Lead Software Engineer (SDET) to lead full automation testing strategies and lifecycles for microservice-oriented, cloud-based systems. The role involves designing reusable test frameworks, creating test plans and cases, executing smoke, sanity, regression, and operational test suites, troubleshooting defects, conducting code reviews, mentoring QA team members, and supporting agile product delivery. The position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, strong Java and testing-framework expertise, experience with continuous integration, AI-enhanced test automation, microservices, Spring Boot, and related technologies. The Toronto, Canada pay range is $127,000-$203,000 CAD.

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