Software Engineer Intern, 2024 / 2025 Summer Internship – Australia in St Leonards, Australia

Our Purpose

We work 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. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Software Engineer Intern, 2024 / 2025 Summer Internship – Australia

Who is Mastercard?

We are the global technology company behind the world’s fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless®. We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities.

The Mastercard Intern Program is a comprehensive program where students will gain hands on real work-life skills while having fun and contributing to a global company. As an intern, you will be challenged with completing projects that will enhance your skills as well as contribute to the department’s goals and objectives.

Job Description:

• Partner collaboratively with team managers and software developers to create a dashboard for code insights

• Automate metrics generation using Jira data

• Communicate across key stakeholders on work progress and provide regular updates

• Perform desktop research to identify regional or global trends and develop key performance metrics and reporting

• Assist with ad hoc requests, participate in special projects as required, and provide cross-functional support as needed

All About You:

• Analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills

• Strategic thinker with ability to derive and translate data analytics to meet business goals

• Sound written and verbal communication skills

• Project management skills, highly organized with strong attention to detail

• Must be able to work independently in developing and mapping out solutions

• Must be able to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment, handle multiple tasks, consistently meet established deadlines, and deliver exceptional results

• Expert PC skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access; programming and coding skills including Jira

• Experience with Tableau, Domo, or other comparable business intelligence tools

• Understanding of risk management disciplines

Requirements

• Final year Bachelors students with expected graduation from June 2025 – Dec 2025

• Able to commit to internship period from 2 Dec 2024 to 31 Jan 2025 (Note: start/end dates cannot be negotiated).

• Degree major in Information Technology, Computer Science or IT Engineering degree preferred

• Willingness to collaborate and learn, curious mind-set

• Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation skills

Join us and be a part of a leading payments and technology company that believes in endless, priceless possibilities for everyone!

Internship Period: 2 December 2024 to 31 January 2025

Visa Sponsorship: Mastercard Australia cannot sponsor intern and full-time employment visas, and only candidates who possess full legal

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.