Lead Software Engineer - (Java, Shared Services, Platform Engineering)

Visa Consolidated Support Services India; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa Consolidated Support Services India is looking for a highly experienced Lead Software Engineer to design and deliver cutting-edge Java/J2EE-based shared services supporting Visa's product ecosystem. You will lead cross-functional collaborations to enhance Visa's global reach and influence engineering standards.

The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree, or an advanced degree with commensurate experience. Expertise in cloud infrastructure and secure API design is essential for driving high-quality solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 7 years with an Advanced degree.
• Strong expertise in Java, cloud-native service design, and secure API architecture.
• Experience leading complex software initiatives across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver Java/J2EE-based shared services for Visa products.
• Lead the development of scalable, secure, and reusable Java/J2EE-based services.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to create design artifacts and deliver software solutions.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Java (Core Java, J2EE, RESTful services)

Architecture Scalability

Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Security

DevOps Operations

AI Enablement

Collaboration

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's Degree (10+ years of experience) or Advanced degree (7+ years)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Software Engineer to join Visa's Shared Services and Cloud Product Development organization.

In this role, you will design and deliver Java/J2EE-based shared services that power multiple Visa products and platforms, influencing internal engineering standards for scalability, security, reliability, and reusability.

You will collaborate across Product, Engineering, Security, SRE, and Architecture teams to build resilient, cloud-native systems that support Visa's mission at global scale.

Work Itself

• Design, build, and evolve core shared services that support Visa's product development ecosystem and reach approximately 40% of the worlds population.
• Lead the development of scalable, secure, and reusable Java/J2EE-based services that serve as foundational platforms for multiple product teams.
• Act as a lead generalist, contributing across application architecture, infrastructure, security, and scalability to ensure shared services are enterprise-grade and future-ready.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to create architecture and design artifacts and deliver best-in-class software solutions used across Visa's technical offerings.
• Drive continuous improvements in product quality, platform reliability, and operational excellence across shared services.
• Develop robust, highly available systems serving diverse use cases, including consumer-facing products, B2B platforms, and business-to-government solutions.
• Leverage modern technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later capabilities.
• Contribute to team and organizational growth through mentorship, technical leadership, and continuous learning initiatives.

Essential Functions

• Provide deep technical leadership within Shared Services and Cloud Product Development, with a strong understanding of how shared platforms enable downstream product innovation.
• Lead discovery and design sessions with product partners to translate business requirements into scalable, secure shared-service architectures.
• Define and formalize best practices and standards for Java/J2EE development, API design, security, and service scalability.
• Lead planning, piloting, and integration of new platform capabilities, including infrastructure enhancements, security controls, and AI-enabled tooling.
• Design and implement cloud-native, containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and elastic scalability.
• Partner closely with Security teams to implement secure API gateways, authentication and authorization mechanisms, and compliance-driven architectures.
• Analyze systemic patterns across defects, incidents, and performance metrics, driving long-term platform improvements.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Basic Qualifications

10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD. 10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree, or 7+ years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or 4+ years of relevant experience with a PhD, or 13+ years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.

Skills You Bring

• Technical Leadership: Proven experience leading complex software initiatives across distributed systems and shared service platforms.
• Primary Language Expertise: Strong expertise in Java (Core Java, J2EE, RESTful services).
• Architecture Scalability: Experience designing highly available, scalable, and secure distributed systems.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with container-based architectures using Docker and Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Security: Strong understanding of secure API design, authentication/authorization, secure gateway patterns, and enterprise security standards.
• DevOps Operations: Experience with CI/CD, deployment automation, observability, capacity planning, and production operations.
• AI Enablement: Familiarity with integrating AI tools and services to improve platform intelligence and developer productivity.
• Collaboration: Strong partnership skills working with Product, QA, DevOps, SRE, and Agile/Scrum teams.
• Mentorship: Experience coaching engineers on technical excellence and career development.

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.