Sr. Director, Software Engineering
Sr. Director, Software Engineering
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Job Description
Join the Risk and Identity (RaIS) team as a Senior Director for Integrated Risk Platform team. Were a Value-Added Services Technology function dedicated to safeguarding the security and integrity of the payments ecosystem. This role is pivotal in shaping the strategy design and deployment of risk programs and adapting them as the payment and threat landscapes evolve. The position requires a collaborative leader who can work with internal and external stakeholders to deliver these programs and ensure they align with Visas business strategy and its growth.
Be a part of our mission to shape the future of secure payments.
Essential Functions:
- Hire retain and grow high-performing and diverse global engineering teams.
- Invest in the career development of your employees with a strong focus on mentorship and training.
- Lead with a strong client focus mindset across organizations.
- Deliver products with complex technical interdependencies collaborating with cross geographical development and product teams.
- Collaborate with Product Office Operations & Infrastructure Cybersecurity Client Support and other Product Development teams in developing complete solutions.
- Build a culture of engineering excellence (quality security performance scalability availability resilience etc.) across your own teams and the entire organization.
- Drive down technical debt and manage costs within your product and organization budgets.
- Evaluate and develop PoCs for new technologies adopting GenAI
- Handle routine daily activities such as coordination coaching mentoring recruiting budgeting planning delivery quality partner relationships performance metrics operations efficiency service level management etc.
- Collaborate closely with the global product office and Client Services help to define strategy and communicate a clear vision for the team.
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team of software developers data engineers AI & ML experts test engineers release engineers.
- Develop and nurture the engineering team by hiring critical talent driving retention motivating and mentoring staff and driving career growth for team members. Build an inclusive team culture and a culture of ownership and accountability.
- Make a positive impact in RaIS team and foster innovation and explore new technologies such as Gen AI.
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. This role does not offer relocation or immigrations support for this role.
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:
- 12 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree OR 15 years of relevant work experience
- Bachelors or masters degree in computer science/computer engineer or related field
- Proven experience managing software development teams for enterprise-level distributed applications using technologies such as Java Microservices Hadoop and Spark.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex ideas clearly and concisely.
- Experience in setting and tracking technical goals SLAs and KPIs.
- Excellent leadership and team building skills.
- Experience in navigating complex organizations to identify and meet business and customer needs.
- Proficiency with Agile methodologies and software development lifecycle principles.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale highly available production software.
- Strong technical experience in Java/J2EE Microservices big data Hadoop ecosystems open systems React / Angular JS. Golang experience is a plus.
- Technical experience with Big Data Technologies with a focus on Spark with Java or Scala.
- Expertise with Java 8 or higher Spring Spring boot caching streaming pipelines.
- Payment industry experience is a plus.
Additional Information :
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 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.
Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.
U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 181100 to 299650 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.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
