Software Engineer - Sr. Consultant level

Visa•Austin, TX

6d•$152,200 - $243,700•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Software Engineer - Sr Consultant to lead the design and delivery of critical platform capabilities within Visa’s Intelligent Commerce ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering, APIs, and intelligent commerce experiences. You will drive technical solutions across multiple services, partner closely with Product and Architecture, and provide technical leadership for complex engineering initiatives. This is a highly hands-on leadership role requiring strong system design expertise, execution excellence, and the ability to influence engineering decisions across teams.

Requirements

8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience.
10+ years building and operating distributed systems at scale
Expert-level experience in Java and/or Python
Strong expertise with microservices, APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD
Proven experience leading architecture and design for complex systems
Experience driving delivery across multiple engineering teams
Technical Leadership: Leads design and delivery of major engineering initiatives
Architecture Depth: Designs scalable, resilient platform solutions
Execution: Drives projects from concept through production
Collaboration: Partners effectively across engineering, product, and architecture
Influence: Guides technical decision-making without direct authority
Mentorship: Elevates team capability through coaching and technical leadership
AI-Forward Thinking: Embraces modern engineering tools and workflows.

Nice To Haves

9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
Exposure to AI platforms, agent-driven systems, or intelligent commerce workflows
Experience improving engineering processes, reliability, and developer productivity

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of scalable backend platforms, APIs, and distributed systems
Drive architecture and technical design across multiple services and components
Partner with Product Managers and Architects to create scalable technical solutions
Lead delivery of large, complex initiatives from design through production deployment
Serve as technical lead for key platform investments and strategic capabilities
Contribute hands-on to coding, design reviews, debugging, and performance optimization
Establish engineering best practices across reliability, observability, security, and scalability
Drive adoption of cloud-native architectures and modern development practices
Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across teams
Collaborate across organizations to align dependencies and deliver integrated solutions
Identify opportunities for platform reuse, simplification, and cost optimization
Champion AI-assisted engineering workflows and development productivity improvements.