Manager

Visa; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Software Engineering Manager in the United States to oversee application development, lead agile teams, and collaborate with global engineers. The role focuses on delivering scalable, secure software by guiding requirements, architecture, and CI/CD practices.

Candidates should have strong people management skills and deep experience with Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud platforms, especially GCP, while ensuring regulatory and security compliance across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• 2+ years of experience directly managing software engineering teams, including coaching, performance management, career development, hiring, and team growth

Responsibilities

• Oversee application development deliverables including unit design, coding, and testing.
• Collaborate with technical leads and project managers to define requirements and create solution approaches.
• Provide recommendations on scope and scale of development efforts.
• Lead agile application development using open-source tools for CI/CD.
• Interface with cross-functional project and product teams.
• Support development activities including system design, integration testing, database modeling, software configuration, source code control, defect resolution, implementation planning, and deployment change management.
• Ensure adherence to Visa Development Management Methodology, Technical Security Requirements, and Secure Software Development Lifecycle.
• Create software and procedure documentation as required.
• Build and maintain working relationships with global development teams and engineers.

Skills

People management

Delivery leadership

Architecture & cloud

Application development

Data platforms

DevOps & reliability

Global collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Java/J2EE

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST/gRPC APIs

GCP

Job description

About Us

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale - tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Job Summary: Managers in Software Engineering are responsible for overseeing application development deliverables, including unit design, coding, and testing. They work closely with technical leads and project managers to define and clarify requirements, create solution approaches based on business needs, and provide recommendations on scope and effort. The role involves agile application development utilizing open-source tools for continuous integration and delivery, and interfacing with cross-functional teams such as analysts, developers, QA engineers, product owners, and operations personnel. Managers ensure development work adheres to Visa's methodologies and security requirements, and are responsible for creating documentation and maintaining relationships with global development teams.

All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee application development deliverables including unit design, coding, and testing.
• Collaborate with technical leads and project managers to define requirements and create solution approaches.
• Provide recommendations on scope and scale of development efforts.
• Lead agile application development using open-source tools for continuous integration and delivery.
• Interface with cross-functional project and product teams.
• Support development activities including system design, integration testing, database modeling, software configuration, source code control, defect resolution, implementation planning, and deployment change management.
• Ensure adherence to Visa Development Management Methodology, Technical Security Requirements, and Secure Software Development Lifecycle.
• Create software and procedure documentation as required.
• Build and maintain working relationships with global development teams and engineers.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• 2+ years of experience directly managing software engineering teams, including coaching, performance management, career development, hiring, and team growth

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• People Management:2+ years of experience directly managing software engineering teams, including coaching, performance management, career development, hiring, and team growth.
• Delivery Leadership:Proven track record leading agile application development, system design, integration testing, release readiness, and production deployments across multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
• Architecture & Cloud:Experience leading mission-critical, large-scale production systems, with 3+ years building and operating cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud Platform.
• Application Development:Strong technical foundation in full-stack, n-tier application development using Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, microservices, and REST/gRPC APIs.
• Data Platforms:Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server or Oracle, NoSQL databases, and GCP data services such as Spanner, Bigtable, Firestore, Pub/Sub, or Dataflow.
• DevOps & Reliability:Strong understanding of CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes/GKE, cloud networking, IAM, security, infrastructure as code, observability, SRE practices, and production incident management.
• Scalable Platforms:Experience with multi-region, active-active, high-throughput, streaming, or event-driven platforms.
• Modernization:Experience modernizing legacy applications or migrating workloads from on-premises environments or other cloud platforms to GCP.
• Regulated Environments:Experience delivering software in regulated or high-compliance environments, such as PCI or SOC 2.
• Global Collaboration:Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships and deliver outcomes with geographically distributed engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Additional Credentials:Exposure to FinOps and cloud cost optimization; GCP certification such as Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Cloud Developer is a plus.

Information for US Applicants

For roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $153,700.00 to $ 246,200.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

Work Hours

Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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 protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.