Fintech Software Engineering Leader — AI-Driven Delivery

Visa; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 187,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive secure, scalable fintech applications from backlog to deployment. You will guide multiple teams, balance architecture decisions with business strategy, and mentor engineers while spending time coding and prototyping to stay technically credible.

The role requires deep experience in agile delivery, DevSecOps, and building enterprise-scale web services within a regulated payments environment. In-office presence is required in Austin, TX.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience leading software engineering teams in fintech, payments, or banking technologies/software systems.
• Experience in agile delivery management and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience in requirements gathering, system design, and architecture for complex software solutions.
• Experience in code development, review, and debugging for enterprise-scale applications.
• Experience in incident response and resolution for software engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Monitors throughput across multiple teams to determine capacity and oversees partnerships with stakeholders to define user requirements for complex projects.
• Guides requirements gathering, feedback incorporation, and actionable metrics to assess delivery feasibility and reviews gaps in acceptance criteria.
• Oversees translation of user requirements into system designs, ensuring alignment with business strategy and formalizing best practices.
• Leads system architecture discussions, interprets findings from investigations, and owns design decisions for complex products.
• Oversees project plans, release plans, and estimation processes, addressing escalated issues and removing technical obstacles.
• Develops standards for code quality, security, and maintainability; updates security assessment processes to ensure code is free from threats.

Skills

Lead software engineering teams

Agile delivery management

DevSecOps practices

Code development & debugging

Incident response & resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Visa is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive secure, scalable fintech applications from backlog to deployment. You will guide multiple teams, balance architecture decisions with business strategy, and mentor engineers while spending time coding and prototyping to stay technically credible.

The role requires deep experience in agile delivery, DevSecOps, and building enterprise-scale web services within a regulated payments environment. In-office presence is required in Austin, TX.