Lead SW Engineer

Visa
Texas
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 173,100 - 276,800 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Execution","Collaboration","Influence","Mentorship"]

Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of scalable backend services and APIs for Visa’s Intelligent Commerce platform. Partner with Product and Architecture to translate requirements into robust technical solutions, and drive end-to-end delivery from system design through production deployment. Contribute hands-on to coding, debugging, and performance optimization, evolve microservices and API standards, and improve developer productivity via CI/CD, observability, and reliability. Mentor engineers and collaborate across platform teams to resolve dependencies and deliver integrated systems.

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Lead SW Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of scalable backend services and APIs for Visa’s Intelligent Commerce platform. Partner with Product and Architecture to translate requirements into robust technical solutions, and drive end-to-end delivery from system design through production deployment. Contribute hands-on to coding, debugging, and performance optimization, evolve microservices and API standards, and improve developer productivity via CI/CD, observability, and reliability. Mentor engineers and collaborate across platform teams to resolve dependencies and deliver integrated systems.
Location: Texas
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead design and development of scalable backend services, APIs, and platform components for Intelligent Commerce use cases.
  • •Architect and build distributed, low-latency, highly available systems using modern cloud-native technologies.
  • •Partner with Product Managers to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • •Drive end-to-end delivery of complex initiatives from system design through production deployment.
  • •Mentor engineers and elevate engineering practices, improving developer productivity via CI/CD, observability, and reliability.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 173,100 - 276,800 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kFsa/hsaLife InsurancePaid LeaveWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, OR 7+ years with an advanced degree, OR 4 years with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.
  • •Strong experience in Java and/or Python, microservices, and REST APIs.
  • •Proven experience designing and delivering cloud-native applications using Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD.
  • •Strong expertise in system design, scalability, and high-availability architecture.
  • •Experience delivering complex systems with product and cross-functional partners, including AI-driven or agent-based workflows (preferred).
Experience:10+ years
Skills:Technical leadershipExecutionCollaborationInfluenceMentorship
Tech Stack:JavaPythonMicroservicesREST APIsKubernetesDockerCI/CDObservabilityReactAngular

Company Brief

Visa
Global payments technology company that operates the VisaNet electronic payments network, facilitating credit, debit and digital transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 1958
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