Director, Software Engineering

Visa•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Visa’s Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce. We operate the world’s most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants, 15k Financial Institutions, and billions of everyday people. While working with us you’ll get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms. We are looking for Versatile, curious, and energetic Software Engineers who embrace solving complex challenges on a global scale. As a Visa Software Engineer, you will be an integral part of a multi-functional development team inventing, designing, building, and testing software products that reach a truly global customer base. While building components of powerful payment technology, you will get to see your efforts shaping the digital future of monetary transactions.

Requirements

10+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience
Experience in commercial software development on Unix/Linux environment.
Experience in Security engineering and API Gateway development.
Experience in Java/J2EE technologies, Containers, Kubernetes and database technologies
3+ years of experience leading product development and delivery using multiple technologies - Java/J2EE, Vert.x, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, React, JavaScript, SQL, Maven, Rest, design patterns, test automation frameworks
Understanding of architecture and operations of highly available and scalable transactional systems
Domain knowledge of Security engineering, IAM and Authentication patterns and frameworks
Experienced in using Gen AI tools and strong understanding of Agentic solutions.
Strong experience with agile methodologies & software development lifecycle principles
Excel in partnering with Product leaders and technical product managers on requirements, helping define joint product/technology roadmaps & driving prioritization
Experience driving continuous improvements to processes/tools for better developer efficiency and productivity
Demonstrated ability to drive measurable improvements across engineering, delivery and performance metrics
Demonstrated ability to hire, develop and retain high-caliber talent
Excellent problem solving and analytics skills. Capable of forming and advocating an independent viewpoint
Strong collaboration and effective communication, with focus on win-win outcomes
Energy and Experience: A growth mindset that is curious and passionate about technologies and enjoys challenging projects on a global scale
Challenge the Status Quo: Comfort in pushing the boundaries, ‘hacking’ beyond traditional solutions
Language Expertise: Expertise in one or more general development languages (e.g., Java, C#, C++)
Builder: Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability
Learner: Constant drive to learn new technologies such as Angular, React, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
Partnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams

Nice To Haves

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
Payments industry experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visa’s internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability
Collaborate multi-functionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings
Actively contribute to product quality improvements, valuable service technology, and new business flows in diverse agile squads
Develop robust and scalable products intended for a myriad of customers including end-user merchants, b2b, and business to government solutions.
Leverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later Technology
Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities
Aligns enhancements and modifications to existing software coding standard processes and design specifications, across regions, and ensures they are aligned with current security standards.
Guides the implementation of automation to improve effectiveness and efficiencies of systems and tools across regions and supports development and implementation of new automation, identifying where investment will yield the greatest efficiencies.
Maintains communication with regional leadership across functions to monitor and direct the cadence of code reviews, on-call rotations, and incident responses throughout product development and operations cycles.
Leverages back-end technical expertise on underlying systems/platforms across the organization to lead the development systematic improvements in processes to ensure the fulfillment of customer/business objectives.