Director, Software Engineering (14+ years, Scala, Spark, Data Pipeline, GenAI) Spark,
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Role Overview
Leads software development teams in delivering secure, scalable, high-quality fintech applications and platforms.
Oversees the execution of the full software development lifecycle—from backlog refinement through build, test, deployment, monitoring, and iteration—ensuring 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 capabilities—including Generative AI and Agentic AI coding—and 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 50–65% 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.
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Qualifications
- Basic Qualifications:
- 10+ 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
- Experience in leading software engineering teams in fintech, payments, or banking technologies/software systems.
- Experience in developing and/or implementing web-based or mobile applications.
- Experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
- Experience in requirements gathering, system design, and architecture for complex software solutions.
- Experience in agile delivery management and DevSecOps practices.
- Experience in code development, review, and debugging for enterprise-scale applications.
- Experience in test planning, execution, and automation.
- Experience in incident response and resolution for software engineering teams.
- Experience in talent management, coaching, and engineering development.
- Experience in securities, payments, and banking technologies.
- Experience working with container-based technologies.
- Experience building and testing enterprise-scale web services.
- Experience in product development and working on internal or client-facing project or technical teams.
- Experience leading project teams.
- 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.
About Visa
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks, and governments in over 200 countries through its electronic payment network, VisaNet.
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