Lead Software Engineer

Egreenservices; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth plan

Mentor program

Benefits beyond Philadelphia office

Job summary

Visa in Philadelphia is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with 8+ years of technology experience to own projects from concept through delivery. You’ll collaborate with a sharp team, shape architecture, and influence engineering practices while working with a remote-friendly, deadline-driven setup.

You will see a salary range of $140,000–$209,000 on the offer, plus a growth plan, a mentor, and benefits tuned for life beyond the Philadelphia office.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technology experience.
• Experience working with remote teams at Visa.
• Ability to own projects from concept through delivery.
• Thrives in a deadline-driven, small team environment.

Responsibilities

• Harden Visa's Go auth so the PA audit comes back clean.
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Visa.
• Ship Java fixes to Visa customers in Philadelphia, PA the same day they report them.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Next.js.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively.
• Build the deadline-driven Linux feature that wins back the PA accounts Visa lost.
• Profile Next.js memory use and chase down leaks crashing Philadelphia nodes.

Skills

8+ years technology experience

Remote team collaboration

Project ownership

Job description

We believe the best technology engineers ask why before they ask how, and that's the Lead Software Engineer we're recruiting in Philadelphia. Lean on 8+ years of technology expertise to own projects, collaborate with a sharp team, and earn $140,000 - $209,000.

Key Responsibilities

• Harden Visa's Go auth so the PA audit comes back clean
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Visa
• Ship Java fixes to Visa customers in Philadelphia, PA the same day they report them
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Next.js
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Build the deadline-driven Linux feature that wins back the PA accounts Visa lost
• Profile Next.js memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Philadelphia nodes

What You'll Bring

• Familiarity with the rhythms of a fast-moving remote team
• Working familiarity with remote schedules and team norms at Visa
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• Experience thriving in a small-but-mighty, deadline-driven setting like Visa

At the heart of Visa is a generously-mentoring belief that great technology software should feel effortless. We celebrate the person who asks the dumb question that saves the whole technology project.

You will see $140,000 - $209,000 on the offer, plus a growth plan, a mentor, and benefits tuned for life beyond the Philadelphia office.

As recently as today, Visa reopened the doors on this one.