2 days ago
Base Salary
$194k - $310k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define architecture strategies, target-state architectures, technology roadmaps, architecture principles, and standards for strategic payment products and platforms.
- Lead the design of scalable, secure, resilient, API-first, cloud-native, event-driven platforms and reusable services.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, Business, and executive stakeholders to translate opportunities into scalable technology solutions.
- Lead architecture consulting engagements, architecture reviews, impact assessments, and technology recommendations.
- Drive modernization of legacy systems into interoperable, cloud-enabled, developer-friendly ecosystems.
- Architect AI-native and GenAI-enabled platforms using agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation, orchestration frameworks, and emerging AI capabilities.
- Define and execute proof-of-concept initiatives, including requirements gathering, solution design, implementation, testing, evaluation, and executive presentation.
- Establish governance frameworks, reusable patterns, measurable success criteria, and engineering best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and influence Visa’s long-term technology direction.
- Mentor engineers and architects while fostering technical excellence and innovation.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree, 7 years with an advanced degree, 4 years with a PhD, or 13 years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience.
- Deep experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems, platforms, and enterprise applications in high-availability environments.
- Strong experience with API-first, cloud-native architectures, microservices, event-driven architectures, modern integration patterns, and reusable platform services.
- Experience in payments, fintech, financial services, commerce, or other highly scaled transaction-processing environments.
- Experience modernizing legacy or tightly coupled systems into scalable, interoperable, loosely coupled architectures.
- Experience designing, implementing, or enabling AI and GenAI-powered solutions, including intelligent workflows, agentic systems, AI-assisted engineering, RAG frameworks, or AI-native platform features.
- Experience defining target-state architectures, technology roadmaps, architecture principles, and engineering standards.
- Experience influencing technical decisions and collaborating across product, engineering, operations, and executive stakeholders.
- Preferred qualifications include 12+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree, 8–10 years with an advanced degree, or 6+ years with a PhD.
- Preferred experience includes platform engineering, cloud transformation, API enablement, data architecture evolution, foundation models, agent orchestration, vector databases, AI observability, model governance, and responsible AI.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, relationship-building, innovation, continuous learning, and mentoring skills.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits may include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and a Wellness Program.
- Requires at least 3 days in the office, with specific days confirmed by the Hiring Manager.
- Requires 5–10% travel.
- Work hours vary according to department needs.
- The position is performed in an office setting.
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About Visa
Visa builds and operates a global digital payments network that connects consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments. It earns fees for processing card transactions and offering risk, data, and value‑added services through VisaNet and products like tokenization and tap‑to‑pay. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Foster City, California, Visa is a public company (NYSE: V) serving clients in more than 200 countries and territories.