Chief SW Engineer- JavaGen AI Cloud- Min 15 yrs experience

The ValueAdded Services Product Development (VAS PD) team drives the diversification of our revenue with products that differentiate Visa network and deliver valuable solutions across other networks. Risk Authentication and Identity Solutions (RaIS) team in VAS focuses on innovative AIdriven risk and fraud management solutions for issuers merchants and fintechs.

The Chief Software Engineer in the RaIS Product Development team will be responsible for leading the technology strategy solution and of initiatives that support our business objectives. This role focuses on 3DS Authentication products such as Visa Enhanced Authentication Visa Secure Cardinal VCAS and Identity platforms such as B2CIAM Visa Payment Passkeys etc.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the overall technical strategy and architecture ensuring alignment with business goals while accelerating innovation and time to market.
• Architect design and code highly scalable reliable and secure distributed systems and transaction processing platforms.
• Lead the adoption of Generative AI and Agentic AI to boost developer productivity by 10X leveraging these technologies to build innovative business solutions and products. 
• Establish and promote best practices for software development including CI/CD automation and DevOps to improve efficiency and quality across the SSDLC. 
• Oversee cloud migration and optimization on AWS Azure or GCP to ensure solutions are resilient scalable costeffective and secure. 
• Actively contribute to critical projects by developing key modules core frameworks automation tools and proofofconcepts to validate emerging ideas and technologies. 
• Provide technology leadership and motivate highperforming engineering teams setting clear priorities to achieve product and technology KPIs. 
• Collaborate crossfunctionally with security privacy governance and business partners to deliver compliant scalable and reliable solutions that meet all nonfunctional requirements. 
• Communicate technical strategy and engineering solutions effectively to diverse stakeholders including executives and business units. 
• Mentor and coach senior engineers and engineering managers fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning through brown bags tech talks and oneonone sessions. 
• Implement rigorous application development testing deployment and monitoring practices to uphold architectural excellence and reliability standards.
• Adhere to Visas Leadership Principles by promoting collaboration acting as owner and executing with excellence.

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

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:
12 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors 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 Bachelors Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD or MD) PhD with 9 years of experience
Technical Expertise: 15 years in software engineering with a strong background in architecting largescale distributed systems. Proficiency in languages like Java Python or GoLang and frameworks such as Spring Node.js React. Experience with RESTful and gRPC APIs microservices and eventdriven systems.
Security Expertise: Strong understanding of API security data encryption and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs). Experience in building secure applications and implementing securityfirst practices.
Database Skills: Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g. MSSQL MongoDB). Experience with distributed caching technologies like Redis.
Generative AI & Agentic AI: Proven experience leveraging Generative AI and Agentic AI to drive 10X productivity improvements and product innovation. Familiarity with integrating AI solutions into existing platforms.
Cloud & DevOps: Handson experience with AWS Azure or GCP. Strong understanding of DevOps practices CI/CD pipelines containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes).
SSDLC Automation: Demonstrated ability to automate SSDLC phases to improve efficiency and quality. Experience with automated testing frameworks code quality tools and delivery pipelines.
Architectural Leadership: Deep understanding of architectural patterns and best practices. Ability to balance shortterm and longterm technological decisions aligned with business goals. Experience in designing and maintaining highly available 99.999 reliable activeactive critical systems.
HandsOn Attitude: Willingness to contribute directly to codebases and develop to validate new ideas and integrate beneficial emerging technologies.
Leadership & Communication: Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams fostering a collaborative environment. Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Additional Qualifications: Familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements in the payments industry is a plus. Passion for staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies.

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime