Chief Software Engineer

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

Job Summary: Visa is seeking an accomplished and passionate Chief Software Engineer to lead the engineering and architectural efforts for our highly scalable and available distributed systems. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the payments domain, including expertise in EMV, 3DS, Identity, Biometrics, and other payment-specific technologies. This role requires a strategic thinker who can drive projects from inception through to delivery, ensuring alignment with business goals and technological excellence. The Chief Software Engineer will engage with multiple stakeholders, including business, product, legal, and security architecture teams, and will regularly interface with the leadership team to communicate the vision and strategic direction of projects. A key focus will be on leveraging generative AI to enhance developer and resource efficiency. This role demands a technically skilled, driven, and passionate individual with a strong grasp of cloud and hybrid cloud strategies.

Essential Functions
Leadership & Strategy:
•  Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the engineering and architecture of highly scalable and available distributed systems.
•  Develop and drive technical solutions that align with Visa’s business objectives, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.

Project Management:
• Lead projects from concept to completion, including solutioning, technical architecture, and delivery.
•  Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.
•  Interface with leadership to appraise the vision, strategic direction, and planning of projects.

Collaboration & Communication:
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business, product management, legal, and security architecture, to ensure cohesive and comprehensive solutions.
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and leadership, effectively communicating technical strategies and project progress.

Efficiency & Innovation:
• Focus on improving developer and resource efficiency by leveraging generative AI and other innovative technologies.
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in the payment’s domain and related technologies, incorporating best practices and new methodologies into the engineering processes.

Mentorship & Development:
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Champion the professional development of team members, encouraging learning and growth.

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/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
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 Qualifications
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
Master's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum seven (7) years experience
OR Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or AND minimum nine (9) years experience
OR Minimum twelve (12) years of experience.

Professional Experience:
• Extensive experience in software engineering and architectural design for highly scalable and always-on distributed systems.
• Proven expertise in the payment’s domain, with in-depth knowledge of EMV, e-commerce, Identity, 3DS, and other payment technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and delivering complex projects from concept to deployment.
• Proficiency in agile development methodologies and practices

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