Director, Data Platforms & AI Infrastructure

Visa; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Director of Data Engineering in Bellevue to lead scalable data pipelines and ML/AI infrastructure, aligning with enterprise data strategy. You will oversee data integration, governance, and security across platforms, driving high-impact analytics and AI initiatives.

You will mentor a team of senior data engineers, collaborate with leadership, and champion GenAI integration to improve productivity and outcomes. A strong background in big data stacks is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work experience with a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience leading large-scale data engineering teams in a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience in data architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, and real-time data processing.
• Experience delivering high-impact data solutions that drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable and secure data pipelines, platforms, and ML/AI infrastructure.
• Oversee integration of structured and unstructured data sources to support analytics and AI initiatives.
• Evaluate, implement, and champion new tools to improve productivity, scalability, and effectiveness.
• Establish and enforce data engineering best practices, governance, and quality standards.
• Ensure data security, privacy, compliance, system performance, scalability, and availability.
• Define, monitor, and report on KPIs to measure impact of data engineering activities.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution for data platform issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven business solutions and roadmaps.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing team of data engineers; foster innovation and learning.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud-native

ML/AI infra

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Hadoop

Flink

Ray

Apache Pinot

Job description

Visa is seeking a Director of Data Engineering in Bellevue to lead scalable data pipelines and ML/AI infrastructure, aligning with enterprise data strategy. You will oversee data integration, governance, and security across platforms, driving high-impact analytics and AI initiatives.

You will mentor a team of senior data engineers, collaborate with leadership, and champion GenAI integration to improve productivity and outcomes. A strong background in big data stacks is required.