$261,900 – $458,000
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
Lead Visa's gateway and access infrastructure platforms that form the front door into the VisaNet payments network, directing a large global engineering organization through modernization toward API-driven, AI-enhanced architectures. This executive role suits a seasoned technology leader with deep experience running mission-critical, high-availability systems and a track record of building and scaling engineering teams across geographies.
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What they ask for
Required
- 12+ years of work experience with Bachelor's degree, or 10+ years with an advanced degree, or 8+ years with a PhD
- 10+ years of software engineering management with progressively increasing scope
- Leadership experience across geographically distributed teams
- End-to-end platform delivery including budget ownership and capacity planning
- Mission-critical systems operating at very high availability (99.999% or higher)
- Hiring, retention, and development of technical talent including succession planning
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
Nice to have
- 15+ years of software engineering experience
- Deep expertise in payments or similarly regulated fault-tolerant environments
- Production-grade use of AI for engineering productivity and operational effectiveness
- Expertise in open systems technologies (Linux, TCP/IP, Java, distributed systems) with security foundation
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field