Visa · 1 day ago
Chief SW Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$184K/yr - $267K/yr
12+ years expVisa is a global leader in payments and technology, facilitating over 259 billion secure transactions annually across more than 200 countries and territories. The Chief Software Engineer will provide technology leadership to build the next generation of B2B Payables and Visa Commercial Solutions Hub products, working on complex distributed systems and leading large-scale projects.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile PaymentsPayments
Responsibilities
Drives the architecture for key cross team / cross product development projects (via architecture/design documents and developing code key modules)
Establishes software development patterns and best practices via examples and shipping code
Ensures that all relevant project teams follow a common set of principles and patterns and utilize a standard set of technology frameworks and libraries
Provides leadership across the engineering community to ensure solutions are built in alignment with platform principles and standards
Mentors and builds world-class high-performing engineering teams
Applies architecture best practices that helps increase execution velocity
Contributes to key GenAI initiatives for developer productivity and product innovation
Develops architectures that are inherently secure, robust, scalable, modular, API-centric and global
Influences technology selection for the enterprise
Defines deployment topology by working with peers across the technology organization
Optimizes use of Visa’s Platforms & Solutions
Demonstrates thought leadership through presentations and teaching across Visa
Contributes to key Visa and CyberSource technology initiatives
Qualification
Required
12+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 9 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 15+ years of relevant work experience
Preferred
15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9+ years of experience
Experience in Java language, Spring, Hibernate, Angular, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, and HTML5/ CSS3
Expert in web service standards and related patterns (REST, gRPC)
Advanced knowledge of AI / Generative AI / Data Science
Proven knowledge of successful design, architecture and development of Shared Services and framework including Micro Services, Container Technologies, Caching, API gateway and Security
Possesses a deep understanding of benefits/drawbacks of different integration patterns
Continuous delivery and Dev Ops experience - infrastructure automation, monitoring, logging, auditing and security implementation and practices
A background in the payment domain is a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401 (k)
FSA/HSA
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Wellness Program
Company
Visa
Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2020 (407)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
TNB Financial Services
2016-09-10Post Ipo Equity
2008-03-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ryan McInerney
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Suh
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
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