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Visa's Marketing Technology team is looking for a Technical Architect to lead their efforts on Visa.com content management system. They are looking for a hands on builder who will work with cross functional teams spanning multiple product and technology disciplines (Java/AEM). Successful candidates will be highly adaptable, possess strong interpersonal and organizational skills and able to effectively manage multiple work streams. They will work closely with Visa's marketing and user experience organizations to build the systems that expand Visa's business externally on Visa.com. The ideal candidate for this position will have more than 10 years of combined experience in software engineering with at least 3 years in a lead / architect role. This is a great opportunity to make a huge impact and if done right the role will extend Visa's brand, increase employee productivity and position Visa to be in a perpetual hackathon model.

Responsibilities

• Set architectural and software engineering direction for Visa.com
• Development and improvement of Visa's systems that support branding and marketing operations for Visa.com utilizing Java and AEM
• Lead the innovation initiative for Visa's external marketing technology by prototyping and building new systems that leverage our service infrastructure on top of Adobe AEM
• Work with delivery teams in Austin, Foster City and Bangalore to build new services and components that will live on Visa.com and other external marketing sites owned by Visa
• Translate broad strategies into specific project objectives and action plans
• Provide recommendations to management based on standard methodologies and experience working in a global and diverse environment
• Heavy collaboration across business and technology organization, providing sound business analysis, process and change leadership within a an Agile framework
• Provide thought leadership and recommendations to management based on best practices and experience working in a global and diverse environment
• Communicate effectively and enthusiastically on management ideas and recommendations for optimizing business operations, resources and fixed capacity

• More than 10 years of relevant experience (e.g., software development/engineering delivery, development and package implementation, delivery and design)
• 5+ years of experience with enterprise CMS solutions and 2 years’ experience on Adobe AEM/CQ
• Educational background in Computer Science/Engineering is required
• Experience with marketing automation and CRM systems a plus
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Object oriented analysis and design using common design patterns and microservices
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Class loading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc.)
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate),Mongo DB
• Experience in the Spring Framework and SOA /REST applications
• Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC)
• Some combination of the experience with Splunk, Akamai, Gomez, Thousandeyes, Keynote, AppDynamics and/or Riverbed
• Domain expertise in managing and supporting enterprise class systems; overseeing software architecture, development and systems integration; and aligning complex business problems to appropriate technology solutions that deliver strong returns on investment
• Demonstrated consistent and steady growth in career
• Familiarity with agile/SCRUM development methodologies and software development lifecycle principles

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

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