Senior Engineering Manager - Cloud & API Platforms

Visa; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 308,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa in Foster City, CA is seeking a Sr. Manager; Software Engineering to lead a team of 8+ engineers in building high‑performance, API‑driven platforms. You will own design reviews, testing strategies, and delivery of complex distributed systems while mentoring engineers and shaping engineering practices.

You will collaborate with product, security, and operations, drive CI/CD and SSDLC compliance, and evaluate emerging technologies such as AI-assisted tooling to improve velocity and quality.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience building and supporting large-scale, high-performance, mission-critical applications.
• Strong hands-on software engineering experience, including coding, code reviews, and technical design.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and drive architecture decisions.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies, distributed systems, APIs, and microservices.
• Experience supporting Tier-0 or highly available production systems.
• Ability to mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including CI/CD, testing, observability, and operational excellence

Responsibilities

• People leadership: Direct, mentor, and build a high-performing team of 8+ software engineers.
• Team Execution & Delivery: Oversee end-to-end application development deliverables including unit design, coding, code reviews, testing, and release management.
• Resource & Capacity Planning: Manage team workload, sprint planning, hiring, onboarding, and resource allocation to meet project timelines and deliverables.
• Technical & Strategic Guidance: Collaborate with technical leads, architects, and product managers to define solution approaches, assess scope, and evaluate technical feasibility.
• Agile Leadership: Drive agile development workflows utilizing modern open-source, CI/CD, and DevOps tools to streamline continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with global cross-functional teams, including product management, QA, security, and operations, to resolve blockers and ensure aligned delivery.
• Compliance & Quality: Ensure development adheres to Visa Development Management Methodology, Technical Security Requirements, and Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) protocols.
• Documentation & Process Improvement: Maintain clear software, operational, and architectural documentation while continually improving engineering practices and procedures.

Skills

People leadership

Team delivery

Mentoring engineers

Technical leadership

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Pub/Sub

Cloud Spanner

Cloud SQL

Bigtable

Dataflow

Job description

Visa in Foster City, CA is seeking a Sr. Manager; Software Engineering to lead a team of 8+ engineers in building high‑performance, API‑driven platforms. You will own design reviews, testing strategies, and delivery of complex distributed systems while mentoring engineers and shaping engineering practices.

You will collaborate with product, security, and operations, drive CI/CD and SSDLC compliance, and evaluate emerging technologies such as AI-assisted tooling to improve velocity and quality.