Company Description

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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Job Description

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 looking for a Software Engineering Director who can set a company-wide example of how to lead individual contributors as they plan work, execute daily tasks, and improve operations so that the team can produce consistent, predictable output. They are expected to demonstrate the highest standards of personal accountability, communication, integrity, and collaboration. They are data-driven in their approach to problems and decisions, are always looking for ways to improve the way things are done, and they instinctively lead making these changes happen. When not coaching and mentoring the people on their team, managers are working closely with other members of the management team, key business stakeholders, and senior technical staff across the department to align on strategy.

The Work itself:

Collaborate multi-functionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offeringsActively contribute to product quality improvements, valuable service technology, and new business flows in diverse agile squadsDevelop robust and scalable products intended for a myriad of customersLeverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later TechnologyOpportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunitiesAct as a role model in following the established Agile/Scrum methodologyProvide guidance and best practices for planning technical work, doing this work, reporting on results, improving processes, and ensuring that there are repeatable outcomesCollaborate with stakeholders and managers within the Engineering department to deliver products of high quality, on time, and business alignedPropose and lead the implementation of new or improved processes, practices, and methodologies so that we can move faster, more efficiently, and more easily delight our customersUphold the highest leves of application security standards by ensuring compliance with secure software development lifecycle best practicesLift employee performance and instill accountability by leveraging the career roadmapScale the engineering teams to meet demandDeliver both technical and people leadership, at a large scale

Essential Functions:

Aligns enhancements and modifications to existing software coding standard processes and design specifications, across regions, and ensures they are aligned with current security standardsGuides 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 efficienciesMaintains 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 cyclesLeverages 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 objectivesDrive alignment and strategy across teams, regions, and functions, focus on long-term automation, efficiency, and global standardsLead at the highest level, influencing broad organizational and regional strategies 

The Skills You Bring:

Energy and Experience: A growth mindset that is curious and passionate about technologies and enjoys challenging projects on a global scale and leading the teams that build themChallenge the Status Quo: Comfort in pushing the boundaries, “hacking” beyond traditional solutionsLanguage Expertise: Expertise in one or more general development languages (e.g., Java)Builder: Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalabilityLearner: 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

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum ten (10) years of experience in a directly related field. ORMaster's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum eight (8) years of experience in a directly related field. ORMinimum twelve (12) years of directly related experienceMinimum 5 years of development experience in a popular language like JavaMinimum 5 years of experience as a software engineering team managerExcellent command of written and spoken English and SpanishAn energetic motivator with refined communication and team-building skillsProven ability to hire, onboard, manage, and foster accountability among team membersDemonstrated track record in building secure, reliable, and maintainable systemsStrong understanding of application development experience and how to partner with stakeholders in other departments to get more donePassion for solving difficult/complex problems and leading people through changeKnowledge of modern Agile practicesHistory of exceptional technical skills in assigned product areaFluent English

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with popular software development frameworks like spring and the spring ecosystemExperience working with a wide range of architectures especially microservice and cloud native applicationsPrevious experience working in a continuous deployment software development modelExperience in cross-functional organizations, such as Backend development, DevOps, support, testing, documentation, or release management a plusExperience in performing the Scrum Master function for a team a plus

Additional Information

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.