Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
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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.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Director of Software Engineering to guide our software engineering teams towards delivering top-tier Emerging Consumer Payment solutions. This leadership role is crucial to our organization as we reshape the future of commerce.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead, mentor, and manage software engineering teams to deliver high-quality, resilient software solutions that meet or exceed business requirements.
Drive the invention, design, and implementation of emerging consumer payment technologies.
Work cross-functionally with product teams, other engineering teams, operations, and infrastructure teams to design, develop, and launch global products.
Oversee decision-making processes for design trade-offs and long-term architecture planning.
Promote a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the team, encouraging exploration of new technologies and solutions.
Ensure delivery of highly available, enterprise-scale systems, leveraging innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later Technology.
Foster opportunities for team members to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities.
Key Skills & Experience:
Proven leadership skills with a track record of managing high-performing engineering teams.
Strong understanding of software development and a passion for technology.
Expertise in one or more general programming languages like Java.
Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with an emphasis on quality and scalability.
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and adapt to changing environments.
Excellent collaboration skills with a proven record of partnering with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams.
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
Preferred Qualifications:
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.
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