Director, Software Engineering (Scala, Spark, Data Pipeline, GenAI)

About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you''ll have the opportunity to create impact at scale tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Leads software development teams in delivering secure, scalable, high-quality fintech applications and platforms. Oversees the execution of the full software development lifecyclefrom backlog refinement through build, test, deployment, monitoring, and iterationensuring delivery meets business priorities, regulatory requirements, and ethical standards. Drives disciplined agile and DevSecOps practices, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and continuous improvement to optimize delivery speed, quality, and resilience.

Ensures development work integrates responsibly with AI/ML capabilitiesincluding Generative AI and Agentic AI codingand that all outputs adhere to established data governance, model explainability, and financial regulatory compliance standards. Acts as a leader for engineering teams, removing blockers, enabling productivity, and fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture. Coaches and develops engineers to adapt to evolving tools, frameworks, and AI-driven workflows. Partners closely with product managers, QA, risk, compliance, and security functions to deliver safe, transparent, and customer-centric solutions. While primarily a leadership role, may spend up to 5065% of time in hands-on coding, code reviews, and technical prototyping to guide best practices and maintain technical credibility.

All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.
Key Responsibilities:

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

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.