Senior Software Engineering Manager

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Visa’s Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce.   We operate the world’s most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants, 15k Financial Institutions, and billions of everyday people.   While working with us you’ll get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms.     

The Opportunity:

Visa is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow multiple Scrum teams in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. This role requires a strategic thinker with a GenAI-first mindset, strong technical expertise, and alignment with Visa’s Leadership Principles and OKR-driven culture.

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:

• Works with product owners to gather and refine requirements for one product, adding and taking into account existing tools and solutions across departments.
• Develops and designs moderately advanced architect solutions that are robust and scalable, considering integrations with other solutions across the internal technical ecosystem.
• Provides domain expertise on the development of user documentation of solutions and implements standard processes in user documentation.
• Plays a significant role in the development and delivery of new features within a product from end-to-end.

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
• 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.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications
• 8–12 years of overall industry experience in a technology-driven environment, with a proven track record of delivering complex software systems or services.
• 4+ years of domain-specific experience in Payment Systems, or Financial Services, with hands-on exposure in
- Supporting diverse payment methods: credit cards, SEPA, eChecks, and alternate payments
- Working with major card networks (Visa, Mastercard, Amex) and understanding the full payment lifecycle (Authorization, Clearing, Settlement, Chargebacks).

Technical & Agile Leadership
• Strong technical foundation in Java, API development (SOAP & REST), and web technologies
• Demonstrated experience in leading 2 or more Scrum teams in an Agile environment.
• Developing product roadmaps, writing user stories, backlog grooming, and managing cross-team dependencies.
• Driving engineering excellence through CI/CD, code quality, and DevOps practices.
Strategic & Operational Alignment
• Ability to translate OKRs into actionable engineering goals and team-level deliverables.
• Strategic thinker who balances long-term vision with short-term execution.
• Ensures alignment with Visa’s Leadership Principles:
- Lead by Example: Demonstrates integrity, accountability, and a bias for action.
- Communicate Openly: Fosters transparency and encourages diverse perspectives.
- Act Decisively: Makes informed decisions quickly and effectively.
- Collaborate as One Team: Builds strong partnerships across functions and geographies.
- Execute with Excellence: Delivers high-quality outcomes with a focus on customer impact.

• GenAI-First Mindset
• Embraces Generative AI technologies to enhance productivity, innovation, and customer experience.
• Advocates for AI-driven solutions in engineering practices and product development.
• Encourages experimentation and adoption of GenAI tools across teams.
• People & Stakeholder Management
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with stakeholders across product, business, and technology.
• Experience working in a matrixed, global organization, with the ability to influence without authority.
• Skilled in stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and driving consensus in cross-functional settings.
• Mindset & Soft Skills
• Customer-centric mindset with a passion for delivering value.
• High adaptability and resilience in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and results-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset.

Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

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.