Full-Time
Lead Software Engineer
Multiple Teams
Posted on 12/15/2025
Visa
10,001+ employees
Global digital payments network processing transactions
No salary listed
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hybrid
Hybrid role; in-office days will be confirmed by hiring manager.
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- Extensive platform engineering experience with Java, microservices, APIs, and enterprise systems.
- Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Expertise in scalable architecture patterns for web and omni-channel applications.
- Strong background in distributed systems, service registry, container architecture, caching, streaming, NoSQL/RDBMS, and reactive programming.
- Solid understanding of DevOps, deployment, and capacity planning.
- Experience with enterprise integrations and RESTful APIs.
- Familiarity with security best practices and contemporary security trends.
- Python experience for AI/ML and backend services is a plus.
- Experience leading end-to-end delivery of major cloud platform features.
- Proven hands-on experience building applications with Agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Autogen) and foundational models (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini).
- Demonstrated ability to rapidly build and iterate on GenAI prototypes and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs).
- Strong practical knowledge of prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, and vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma).
- Experience in designing and implementing GenAI automation solutions to improve internal workflows and developer productivity.
- Expertise in modern software development workflows, including mandatory hands-on experience with AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Aider, Cline).
- Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and experience building automated deployment pipelines for AI/ML applications.
- Commitment to software engineering best practices, including version control (Git), code reviews, and comprehensive testing strategies.
- Collaborate with clients to understand requirements and deliver solutions that drive business value.
- Leverage technologies like Java, REST, and NoSQL to develop next-generation payment infrastructure services.
- Architect, design, and implement core components of our global transaction processing systems.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams.
- Lead meetings and discussions with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrate strong leadership, interpersonal, and collaborative skills.
- Domain experience in Payment & Fraud management technologies
- Experience in Data Analytics and tools such as Hadoop, Spark etc.
- Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar standards for managing state and context in complex LLM applications is a strong plus.
- Understanding of MLOps principles as they apply to the lifecycle of GenAI models and applications.
- Desired experience instrumenting web applications for performance benchmarking
Visa operates a global digital payments network that connects consumers, businesses, banks, and governments to enable electronic card payments. Its system moves money through a card-based flow: a merchant request, card authorization via Visa, funds settlement between banks, and data processing, with fees earned on transactions and services. The company differentiates itself with its worldwide network, large client base, and partnerships that expand access to digital payments while supporting sustainable commerce. Its goal is to widen financial inclusion and provide convenient, secure electronic payments for a growing share of global commerce.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$9.6M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
1958
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Visa Ventures invested in Nekuda's $5M round for agentic payments.
- Visa Ventures led BVNK's $50M Series B for stablecoin payments.
- VisaNet handled 164.7 billion transactions annually in 2021.
What critics are saying
- FedNow bypasses Visa, cutting transaction volume in 12-24 months.
- PSD2 enables direct payments, causing 70-85% volume loss in 18-36 months.
- CBDCs in 130+ countries reduce Visa's market by 15-25% in 36-60 months.
What makes Visa unique
- VisaNet processes 76,000 transactions per second with 99.9999% availability.
- VisaNet connects 3.6 billion accounts across 200+ countries.
- VisaNet uses AI for smarter authorization and fraud prevention.
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Company News
Kenyan fintech HoneyCoin raised $4.9 million in seed funding to expand its stablecoin cross-border payment services into Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Led by Flourish Ventures, the round included TLcom Capital, Stellar Development Foundation, and Visa Ventures. HoneyCoin processes $150 million monthly, serving 350 enterprise clients. The funds will be used to hire executives, secure licenses, and expand into new markets, with plans for new products by Q3 2025.
Nekuda raises $5M led by Madrona, Amex Ventures & Visa Ventures to power agentic aayments. For the infrastructure of the future of online commerce.
Visa Ventures has invested in stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK, marking Visa's first direct investment in a stablecoin payments player. This move supports the future of stablecoins in payments, enhancing BVNK's credibility and penetration with Visa's partners. BVNK, which raised $50 million in a Series B round in December 2024, processes $12 billion in annualized volume and offers solutions for B2B and B2C payments using stablecoins.