Software Engineering Manager

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Technology and Operations

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

We are developing and executing a shared strategic vision for Digital Acceptance products that enable Visa to be the world-leading data-driven payments company. As the Engineering Manager, you will build and mentor a world-class team of engineers to define, drive and execute on this vision. You will initiate processes that allow the team to collaborate with local as well as global teams with a high degree of efficiency. You will lead a team of highly motivated and talented individuals that collaborate with Project Managers, Product Managers and SMEs across the company on high impact initiatives.

In this role, you will be leading a team responsible for building the next generation of Digital Acceptance products for Cybersource/Visa.

You will build an inclusive environment that attracts, retains and inspires a diverse and engaged team. As a leader, you will enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results that not only meet business objectives but also adhere to our core Engineering Strategy practices.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and nurture team of developers by motivating and mentoring and assist in hiring critical talent
  • Be responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex products with significant bottom-line impact
  • Execute the technical roadmap of Digital Acceptance initiatives by managing all technology aspects of API and UI development.
  • Collaborate with System Architects and Senior Technologists on proper architecture and design practices for building a high-throughput, low-latency, multi-tenant platform
  • Work to maximise the team’s efficiency, productivity and performance
  • Identify ways to help us move faster in how we meet the needs of our customers
  • Drive end-to-end development efforts with on-time, on-budget and high-quality solutions that are scalable in a high-volume environment (multimillion transactions per day)
  • Be able to understand and influence System Design by collaborating with Developer Platform, Operations and Infrastructure (O&I), Security and Data Privacy stakeholders
  • Drive a strong customer-focused mindset by working closely with Product partners and Regional Client teams while anticipating trends and patterns that may lead to new business opportunities
  • Security is at the core of Visa and central to everything we do. Lead by example to encourage and drive the security mindset
  • Understand product needs and coach team in coming up with solid delivery and execution plans while adhering to engineering best practices
  • Empower team and drive a culture of accountability and transparency by using data and metrics
  • Be a good communicator that asks the right questions and facilities streamlined information flow between engineering, Product Office, PMO, Operations and other stakeholders
  • Have a clear vision and strategy for the team and relay the strategy in easy-to-understand terms
  • Understand career aspirations of engineers and groom them for success

 

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering or a closely related discipline
  • Experience of running projects that span distributed teams across multiple timezones.
  • SME Knowledge of project management principles and Agile development methodologies.
  • Experience in diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
  • Demonstrate thorough attention to detail, ability to think analytically and independently.
  • Ability to understand architectural and technical aspects of projects.
  • Hands-on experience of technical implementations of large scale, highly available, robust web/mobile and Payment Services applications.
  • Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
  • Strong communication and customer facing skills.
  • Self-starter with strong organization and resolution management skills, and ability to work independently
  • Experience with Agile Application Lifecycle Management and development tools like Confluence Wiki and JIRA.

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
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