$180,000 – $288,000
Listed on Visa Inc.’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Visa seeks a Lead Data Scientist to drive AI and machine learning initiatives across their payments platform, mentoring teams and designing data strategies at scale. This role suits experienced practitioners who thrive on complex technical challenges, can navigate both business and technical requirements, and want to shape the future of payment technologies.
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Skills this role names
- Apache Flink
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache Hive
- Apache Kafka
- Data Modeling
- ETL
- Machine Learning
- MapReduce
- NoSQL
- Predictive Analytics
- Python
- Redis
- SPARK
- SQL
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What they ask for
Required
- 10+ years of work experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 8+ years with an Advanced Degree, or 3+ years with a PhD
- Technical leadership and mentoring of engineering teams
- Data strategy development and execution
- Expertise in data extraction, wrangling, and quality assurance
- Experience with data governance and compliance
Nice to have
- 12+ years of work experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 8-10 years with an Advanced Degree, or 6+ years with a PhD
- 3+ years building AI/ML models for predictive analytics
- 4+ years solving data problems with Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Redis, NoSQL, or RDBMS
- 2+ years designing and maintaining ETL pipelines
- 3+ years of data analysis and metrics evaluation
- Experience with Big Data technologies like Spark, Flink, and MapReduce