# Director, Software Engineering

Hiring organization: [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a2ddbd6c-361f-4d71-910f-e4219afeaba2

Listed on Visa Inc.'s own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Director
- Location: Bellevue, WA
- Salary: 186800 – 299200 USD per year

## Summary

Lead engineering teams building secure, distributed payment acceptance systems at Visa, driving product strategy and architectural decisions while maintaining hands-on involvement in design, code reviews, and technical leadership. This role suits experienced engineering leaders who thrive balancing strategic oversight with deep technical engagement and can mentor senior engineers across complex, high-scale financial infrastructure.

_Our summary, not Visa Inc.'s wording._

## Skills named

Apache Kafka, Apache Maven, CI/CD, Docker, Generative AI, Git, Java, Kubernetes, REST APIs, Spring Boot, Vert.x

## Required

- 10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree (or 13+ years without degree)
- Lead software engineering teams with people management and delivery accountability
- Design and operate mission-critical distributed systems with high availability and security requirements
- Set technical direction and influence architecture strategy aligned with product and business goals
- Strong hands-on software engineering background with modern practices and programming languages

## Nice to have

- 12+ years of experience with Bachelor's degree, or 8-10 years with advanced degree, or 6+ years with PhD
- Experience with cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and containerized deployment models
- Experience with event-driven architecture and streaming platforms like Kafka
- Experience in payments, fintech, or high-scale transaction processing environments
- Track record mentoring engineers and developing technical leaders
- Experience applying AI/ML and automation to improve engineering productivity
- Familiarity with payment network protocols, PCI-DSS, SOX, and financial services compliance
- Experience with distributed, globally-scaled mission-critical platforms
- Background in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Vert.x, or similar modern framework development

Apply on Visa Inc.'s site: https://visa.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Visa/job/US---Bellevue-WA/Director--Software-Engineering_REF084916W