Visa · 20 hours ago
Senior Manager, Software Engineering
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$162K/yr - $260K/yr
8+ years expVisa is a world leader in payments and technology, and they are seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead strategic initiatives within their Ecosystem & Operational Risk technology group. The role involves managing a team of engineers and data scientists to build critical risk and fraud detection applications, overseeing the entire product lifecycle, and fostering an innovative environment.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile PaymentsPayments
Responsibilities
Responsible for building enterprise scale applications leveraging Data Engineering, AI/ML and GenAI technologies
Oversee the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation, research, design, development, testing, launch to post-launch evaluation
Foster an environment of innovation, encouraging the team to bring forward new ideas and solutions
Act as a key liaison between the product team, executive leadership, and other stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment
Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex products with significant bottom-line impact
Work with geographically distributed global teams
Work with product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities that helps them succeed in their business goals
Work closely with senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development
Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high quality work on tight schedules
Project management: prioritization, planning of projects and features, stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments
Identify opportunities for further enhancements and refinements to standards and processes
Hire, retain and grow world class engineering talent
Mentor junior team members, develop departmental procedures and best practices standards
Strong Negotiation Skills: You will be a distinguished ambassador for product development: collaborating, negotiating, managing tradeoffs, and evaluating opportunistic new ideas with business partners
Qualification
Required
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
Strong software engineering background
Demonstrated leadership experience in driving technical architecture, design and delivery of products and services that have created business value and delivered impact
Responsible for building enterprise scale applications leveraging Data Engineering, AI/ML and GenAI technologies
Oversee the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation, research, design, development, testing, launch to post-launch evaluation
Foster an environment of innovation, encouraging the team to bring forward new ideas and solutions
Act as a key liaison between the product team, executive leadership, and other stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment
Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex products with significant bottom-line impact
Work with geographically distributed global teams
Work with product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities that helps them succeed in their business goals
Work closely with senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development
Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high quality work on tight schedules
Project management: prioritization, planning of projects and features, stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments
Identify opportunities for further enhancements and refinements to standards and processes
Hire, retain and grow world class engineering talent
Mentor junior team members, develop departmental procedures and best practices standards
Strong Negotiation Skills: You will be a distinguished ambassador for product development: collaborating, negotiating, managing tradeoffs, and evaluating opportunistic new ideas with business partners
Preferred
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
Requires 10 or more years of experience, at least 2 of which were in leading engineering teams
Experience leading design and development of data pipelines and analytics platforms
Experience leading product development & delivery of AI/ML solutions, applied to real-world problems
Experience leading design and development of mission-critical, secure, reliable systems
Experience leading or knowledge of GenAI product development with deep expertise in LLM integration and prompt engineering
Experience leading delivery across multiple technologies: Python, Java/J2EE, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Hive, MySQL, Hadoop, Spark, Scala, design patterns, test automation frameworks
Excellent understanding of algorithms and data structures
Excellent problem solving and analytics skills. Capable of forming and advocating an independent viewpoint
Strong experience with agile methodologies
Excel in partnering with Product leaders and technical product managers, helping define joint product/technology roadmaps & driving prioritization
Experience driving continuous improvements to processes/tools for better developer efficiency and productivity
Demonstrated ability to drive measurable improvements across engineering, delivery and performance metrics
Demonstrated success in leading high performing, multi-disciplinary and geographically distributed engineering teams. Demonstrated ability to hire, develop and retain high-caliber talent
Must demonstrate longer-term strategic thinking and staying abreast with latest technologies to assess what's possible technically
Strong collaboration and effective communication, with focus on win-win outcomes
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
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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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