Job Specifications
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale - tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world.
Progress starts with you. Job Description Company Description
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale - tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world.
Progress starts with you.
We are seeking aDirector of Software Engineeringwho combines strategic leadership with strong technical depth. This role leads multiple engineering teams while maintaining hands-on involvement in architecture decisions, technical reviews, and proof-of-concepts. You will drive engineering excellence, influence technology strategy, and ensure delivery of scalable, secure solutions that impact millions globally.
Essential Functions:
Lead and inspire engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and accountability
Guide architecture decisions, review critical components, and contribute to proof-of-concepts
Collaborate with Product and Architecture leaders to define technology roadmaps
Establish processes for code quality, automation, and operational excellence
Hire, mentor, and retain top engineering talent
Champion adoption of emerging technologies (AI/ML, GenAI, cloud-native architectures)
Drive measurable improvements in engineering efficiency and system performance
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager. Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
10+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience Preferred Qualifications
12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (eg Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
Solid understanding of Large Language Models, Generative AI systems and applications.
Background in developing and deploying AIML platforms and applications in on premises and public cloud infrastructure.
Have prior hands-on experience using languages such as Python, Go, Java, Python, Rust. Strong on coding and code reviews.
Experience in leading teams that have built full stack applications from the ground-up using distributed high performance and scalable technologies such as K8s, Docker, Ray, Airflow, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka and so on.
Experience in leading teams that have built cloud platform solutions using AWS, Azure and GCP for high performance Real Time AIML applications
Experience in DevSecOps world - Github/Git, CI/CD Pipelines, Jenkins, Ansible, Shell Scripts, Security Tools, Observability, Alerting, IaC etc. Skills You'll Bring
Strategic leadership with a proven ability to manage multiple teams and large-scale programs
Deep technical expertise in modern architectures (microservices, cloud-native), security engineering, and API platforms
Strong understanding of agile methodologies and software development lifecycle principles
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive organizational change
Experience balancing hands-on technical involvement with leadership responsibilities
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
Payments industry experience is a plus Additional Information
Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.
Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including t