Company Description 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 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 current payment flows business and data solutions cyber security and B2C platforms The Opportunity As a Director of Software Engineering you will lead a high-performing team within our Risk Identity Solutions group shaping the next generation of our real-time Fraud Detection Engine You will guide the design development and deployment of secure scalable and resilient distributed systems leveraging AI machine learning and emerging technologies to deliver industry-leading solutions This is a hands-on leadership role where you will inspire and motivate your team to deliver exceptional results in a fast-paced high-impact environment ensuring both high productivity and uncompromising product quality You will collaborate closely with product architecture and operations teams to bring innovative ideas to life ideas that power the trust and security behind some of the world s biggest brands including Meta Nike FedEx and Apple Essential Functions Lead Inspire Set vision provide direction and foster a culture of innovation accountability and continuous improvement Deliver at Scale Architect and oversee the development of large-scale enterprise-class applications with a focus on high availability performance and security Drive Innovation Introduce and integrate new technologies tools and processes to build the next generation of risk and fraud detection services Collaborate Across Functions Partner with product management architecture and security teams to translate business requirements into impactful technical solutions Champion Engineering Excellence Lead by example in adopting best practices for software craftsmanship CI CD pipelines and secure coding Mentor Grow Talent Coach team members provide career development opportunities and build a succession pipeline for future leaders Represent Evangelize Be the face of the team in internal forums cross-functional meetings and external industry events Why Join Us Impact at Scale - Your work will secure billions of transactions globally for some of the world s most recognized brands Cutting-Edge Tech - From AI-driven fraud prevention to containerized microservices you ll work with the latest tools and methodologies Empowered Teams - We believe in autonomy ownership and delivering end-to-end solutions Culture of Growth - Continuous learning mentorship and career advancement are part of our DNA This is a hybrid position Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager Qualifications Basic Qualifications 14 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor s Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree e g Masters MBA JD MD or 4 years of work experience with a PhD OR 13 years of relevant work experience Preferred Qualifications 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree e g Masters MBA JD MD or 6 years of work experience with a PhD Bachelor s degree in Software Development or related field with 12 years of software development experience or 10 years with an advanced degree Proven track record in leading engineering teams delivering high-quality large-scale enterprise applications Expertise in agile development environments using CI CD tools such as ArgoCD GitHub Maven Jenkins and Sonar Strong understanding of security in software development including code and data flow reviews Demonstrated ability to motivate teams and deliver results in fast-moving high-stakes environments Strong background in AI ML-driven product development Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders Hands-on experience in debugging Unix systems and supporting operational 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 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

📌 Director, Software Engineering (Bengaluru)
🏢 Visa
📍 Bengaluru