Visa · 20 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer
Foster City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$192K/yr - $308K/yr
10+ years expVisa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions globally. They are seeking a highly experienced Lead Software Engineer to design and deliver Java/J2EE-based shared services that support Visa’s global product ecosystem, while collaborating across various teams to ensure scalability, security, and reliability.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile PaymentsPayments
Responsibilities
Design, build, and evolve core shared services that support Visa’s product development ecosystem and reach approximately 40% of the world’s population
Lead the development of scalable, secure, and reusable Java/J2EE-based services that serve as foundational platforms for multiple product teams
Act as a lead generalist, contributing across application architecture, infrastructure, security, and scalability to ensure shared services are enterprise-grade and future-ready
Collaborate cross-functionally to create architecture and design artifacts and deliver best-in-class software solutions used across Visa’s technical offerings
Drive continuous improvements in product quality, platform reliability, and operational excellence across shared services
Develop robust, highly available systems serving diverse use cases, including consumer-facing products, B2B platforms, and business-to-government solutions
Leverage modern technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later capabilities
Contribute to team and organizational growth through mentorship, technical leadership, and continuous learning initiatives
Provide deep technical leadership within Shared Services Product Development, with a strong understanding of how shared platforms enable downstream product innovation
Lead discovery and design sessions with product partners to translate business requirements into scalable, secure shared-service architectures
Define and formalize best practices and standards for Java/J2EE development, API design, security, and service scalability
Lead planning, piloting, and integration of new platform capabilities, including infrastructure enhancements, security controls, and AI-enabled tooling
Design and implement cloud-native, containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and elastic scalability
Partner closely with Security teams to implement secure API gateways, authentication and authorization mechanisms, and compliance-driven architectures
Analyze systemic patterns across defects, incidents, and performance metrics, driving long-term platform improvements
Qualification
Required
10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience
Preferred
12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
You have proven ability to define needs, develop plans, coordinate resources and implement action plans
Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously & to resolve scheduling & other conflicts in order to meet all deadlines
Thorough understanding of Container based architecture for Cloud such as Docker or Kubernetes
Experience in cloud migration and multi cloud strategy
Experience in building and establishing elastic scalability architectural patterns for web applications
Sound understanding of Service and IT operations management, and DevOps model, good knowledge of Deployment, Capacity Planning
Strong understanding of Enterprise Integration using web services, REST
Understand the Security requirements and standards, and contemporary trends in Security risks as well as technologies
Experience in security domain with secure protocol with authentication, authorization and building secure gateway
Experience with a variety of development methodologies and mature understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each. Solid experience with Agile methods is a plus
Superior verbal, written & interpersonal communication skills with both technical & non-technical audiences
Experience in coaching engineers both on technical and career development
Excellent team player, with strong collaboration skills and ability to influence cross-functional team for results
Focus on building an efficient and collaborative team environment
Experience in commercial software development on Unix/Linux environment
Experience in a technical leadership role
Understanding of architecture and operations of highly available and scalable applications
You have expertise of Core Java, JEE technologies, REST and container based technologies
You have experience in consumer facing application development experience
Proven track record of responsibilities as a technical lead
Proven track record of developing and architecting Secure API gateway solution with dynamic set of security standards
You have experience architecting solutions with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery in mind
You have amazing work ethics that will help us all work extremely well together
You have the passion to understanding people and to always striving to improve our products and services
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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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
Recent News
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