Director of Software Engineering - job 1 of 3

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Visa PPD team is on the forefront of Visa’s innovation, responsible for building digital platforms such as Visa Token Services and Visa Click to Pay. This team is also responsible for setting standards in the payment industry level (EMVCo and W3C) for digital commerce. Platform product team is responsible for developing products like Visa Click to Pay and Token products, collaborate with cross functional teams including, but not limited to, Product, Technology, Commercialization, UX Design/Research, and different Visa Regional teams to build great products at scale and drive adoption.

Visa Click to Pay is built using the latest e-commerce industry specifications (EMV Secure Remote Commerce), that enables a simple, faster and more secure e-commerce checkout experience for Visa cardholders. With Visa Click to Pay, we are transforming the online checkout experience by providing a secure checkout experience online, removing the need to enter your 16-digit primary account numbers, look up passwords, or fill out long forms to make a purchase.

Essential Functions

Want to build the future online checkout experience for Visa cardholders around the world?

Imagine being part of an agile team where your ideas transform the online checkout experience for millions of Visa cardholders globally. Visa Click to Pay team is looking for Chief Software Engineer to join our diverse team, to build new product capabilities and enhancing existing ones. Our platform capabilities will be used by merchants, PSP’s and partners to enable integrated Click to Pay checkout experience in their Guest Checkout flows.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the Click to Pay Engineering team.
• Develop and implement technical strategies to enhance the Click to Pay checkout experience.
• Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of the Click to Pay systems and infrastructure.
• Ensure the security, scalability, and reliability of our checkout technology solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, operations, and customer support, to deliver high-quality checkout products and services.
• Drive innovation and stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Mentor and develop engineering talent within the organization.
• Lead high-response teams to manage and resolve incidents promptly.

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

• 12 or more years of work experience with a University Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering, Science, Math
• At least 3+ years in a leadership or management role
• Experience in commercial software development on Unix/Linux environment.
• Experience in Java/J2EE technologies, Container, and database technologies
• Familiarity with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React/Redux, TypeScript, etc.)
• Experience working on cross-browser, cross-device, hybrid apps
• Consumer/user facing application development experience.
• Understanding of architecture and operations of highly available and scalable transactional systems.
• Domain knowledge of Payment Processing and Tokenization.
• Experience in the Payment domain is a plus
• Hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and their integration into business solutions.
• Experience in designing and maintaining highly available (99.999%) and performant critical systems.
• Adept at leveraging GenAI tools like Copilot, Claude Sonnet for faster development

• Experience in AI/ML is a plus.
• Experience with agile development process

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.