Lead Software Engineer

About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive the architecture, design, and delivery of key platform capabilities within Visa’s Intelligent Commerce ecosystem.

This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering, APIs, and agent-driven commerce experiences, and focuses on building scalable systems that power merchant integrations and intelligent workflows. You will partner closely with Product and Architecture to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions while providing hands-on leadership to engineering teams.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will lead design decisions, contribute to critical systems, and elevate engineering practices across the team.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, OR
• 7 or more 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 Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience building and operating large-scale
• distributed systems
• Strong experience in Java and/or Python, microservices, and REST APIs
• Proven experience designing and delivering cloud-native applications (Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD)
• Strong expertise in system design, scalability, and high-availability architecture
• Experience working closely with product and cross-functional partners to deliver complex systems
• Exposure to AI-driven systems, intelligent platforms, or agent-based workflows
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks (React/Angular) is a plus

U.S. Applicants Only

The estimated salary range for this position is $173,100.00 to $ 276,800.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

Work Hours

Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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 protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.