Lead Software Engineer

Visa hybrid • Austinfull_time

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.

 
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, C#, C++)
    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, etc.
    Partnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams

We do not expect that any single candidate would fulfill all of these characteristics. For instance, we have exciting team members who are really focused on building scalable systems but didn’t work with payments technology or web applications before joining Visa.
 

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