Software Engineering Manager

Job Description

Manager Software Engineer - General

Visa’s Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce.   We operate the world’s most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants, 15k Financial Institutions, and billions of everyday people.   While working with us you’ll get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms.     

The Opportunity: 

We are looking for Versatile, curious, and energetic Software Engineers who embrace solving complex challenges on a global scale.  As a Visa Software Engineer, you will be an integral part of a multi-functional development team inventing, designing, building, and testing software products that reach a truly global customer base. While building components of powerful payment technology, you will get to see your efforts shaping the digital future of monetary transactions.    

The Work itself: 

• Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visa’s internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability 
• Collaborate multi-functionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings 
• Actively contribute to product quality improvements, valuable service technology, and new business flows in diverse agile squads 
• Develop robust and scalable products intended for a myriad of customers including end-user merchants, b2b, and business to government solutions.  Leverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later Technology 
• Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities 

Essential Functions:

• Provides strategic technical and functional knowledge of the e-commerce platform as well as a thorough understanding of the business to direct strategy on collecting and understanding requirements.
• Leads meetings with product partners to recommend development and solution strategies that improve the design and functionality of interface features across a range of payment products.
• Formalizes standard processes on the use of programming languages (e.g. HTML, C++, Java) to write code that fulfills website modification requests and technical requirements.
• Leads and plans the piloting and integration of new technology capabilities and features that enhance the user website experience across e-commerce products.
• Analyzes patterns across bugs and implements systemic solutions to ensure websites remain functional and easy to use.
• Plays a significant role in the development and delivery of new features within a product from end-to-end.

The Skills You Bring:

• Energy and Experience: A growth mindset that is curious and passionate about technologies and enjoys challenging projects on a global scale
• Challenge the Status Quo: Comfort in pushing the boundaries, “hacking” beyond traditional solutions

• Language Expertise: Expertise in one or more general development languages (e.g., Java, Python, Javascript, Shell/PowerShell scripting, Ansible Playbooks) 

• Builder: Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability
• Learner: Constant drive to learn new technologies such as Angular, React, Kubernetes, Docker, GENAI technologies etc.
• Partnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum five (5) years of experience in a directly related field.
OR
Master's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum Two (2) years of experience in a directly related field.
OR
Minimum eight (8) years of directly related experience.
Programming Languages: Knowledge of and ability to develop code (e.g. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJs, ReactJs etc ) in support of package and product development. This includes the extension of capabilities of packages and products.
Experience of building REST based web services & web applications using Java and Spring framework, Python, GoLang, etc
Experience writing unit and integration test cases
Solid understanding of Object-Oriented design and programming concepts
8+ years of software engineering experience.
Web Browser Optimization: The ability to select the best available values of some objective function to improve the functional effectiveness of web browsers.
User Interface Design: Knowledge of user interface design, which is the interaction where users and computers interact. This includes an understanding of how to provide an optimal industrial design experience through User Interface (UI) Design.
API Generation: The ability to develop and apply Application Program Interfaces (APIs), a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications that specify how software components should interact and are used when programming graphical user
Develop code and mentor junior developers to ensure deliverables are on time, within budget, and maintain good code quality.
Possess knowledge of and the ability to use database software (e.g., applications, web-based applications, information systems) to maintain, modify, and output data.
Have knowledge of systems integration processes where separately produced components or subsystems are combined, and their interaction problems are addressed.
Understand data structures, which consist of data organization, management, and storage formats, enabling efficient access and modifications. This includes a collection of data values, the relationships among them, and the functions or operations that can be applied to the data.
Experience in all phases of development - design, coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and monitoring of applications is highly preferred.
Security and Authentication standards and technologies, including OAuth.
Flavors of GenAI: Experience and understanding of Generative AI technologies and their applications.
Agentic Framework: Understanding of the agentic framework and mindset for leveraging Generative AI.
Innovation: Ability to think creatively about how to apply GenAI to improve and innovate within the payment technology space.
Collaboration: Proven experience in working with cross-functional teams to integrate GenAI solutions into existing systems.
Network architecture, Load balancers, and Firewalls.

Additional Information
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.