Visa-posted about 15 hours ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Hybrid • Bellevue, WA
5,001-10,000 employees

We are looking for a versatile, curious, and highly technical Lead Data Scientist to shape the future of AI and data products across the Visa Acceptance Platform. You will partner with engineers, product leaders, and AI researchers to design, deploy, and scale advanced machine learning solutions across a global ecosystem. In this role, you will: Define technical strategy for AI/ML models supporting global payments and next-generation agentic commerce experiences. Mentor a high-performing team and establish best-in-class practices for data science, MLOps, and model governance. Lead end‑to-end development of large-scale data solutions—from data extraction through modeling, deployment, and monitoring. Drive platform transformation initiatives that enhance delivery efficiency, improve model performance, and enable new product opportunities. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

  • Provide technical leadership in designing scalable, maintainable, and secure data science solutions; set standards for modeling, coding patterns, and MLOps.
  • Lead efforts to improve data extraction, data quality, lineage, and governance, partnering with engineering teams across the platform.
  • Develop strategies for wrangling, modeling, and leveraging high-volume structured and unstructured data using modern AI/ML techniques.
  • Guide conversations with Product, Cybersecurity, and Engineering to clarify complex business and technical requirements and ensure secure deployment.
  • Identify emerging patterns across massive datasets to influence platform‑wide enhancements, roadmap decisions, and AI-driven product improvements.
  • Drive modernization opportunities including software upgrades, security patches, and infrastructure improvements.
  • 10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.
  • 12+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Data Science or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.
  • 3+ years building and deploying AI/ML models for predictive analytics or insights.
  • 4+ years working with large-scale data technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Spark, Redis, NoSQL, or RDBMS.
  • 2+ years designing and maintaining ETL or data pipelines.
  • Experience working with Big Data, distributed computing, and streaming/real-time systems.
  • Strong experience in metrics design, experimentation, and model evaluation.
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401 (k)
  • FSA/HSA
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Wellness Program
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