Chief AI Platform Engineer — Hands-On Payments Leader

Engg; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 196,000 - 314,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

FSA/HSA

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Job summary

Visa is seeking a highly technical Chief Software Engineer to lead the next generation of AI-enabled commercial payments platforms. You will architect and build large-scale cloud-native systems, drive technical direction across teams, and apply GenAI to product innovation and engineering productivity.

You will mentor senior engineers, shape the technical roadmap for CMS solutions, and work with product/engineering leaders to ensure scalable, secure, and observable services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Master's degree or higher preferred for senior leadership.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience with deep hands‑on backend/system work.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and development of scalable, secure API-centric distributed systems.
• Stay hands‑on in building core platform components and engineering patterns.
• Drive technical direction, standards, and platform best practices across teams.
• Mentor engineers and influence enterprise‑level technology decisions.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

GenAI experience

Java backend development

System architecture leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or higher

Tools

Spring framework

REST

gRPC

Containers / Kubernetes

Job description

Visa is seeking a highly technical Chief Software Engineer to lead the next generation of AI-enabled commercial payments platforms. You will architect and build large-scale cloud-native systems, drive technical direction across teams, and apply GenAI to product innovation and engineering productivity.

You will mentor senior engineers, shape the technical roadmap for CMS solutions, and work with product/engineering leaders to ensure scalable, secure, and observable services.