Senior Software Architect - AI-Driven Payments Platform

Visa; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its Acceptance Solutions platform, focusing on scalable, secure transaction processing with hands-on coding and architectural leadership.

In this role, you will guide cloud-native design, event streaming (Kafka), and AI-enabled development while mentoring engineers and driving measurable business impact. The position requires 3 days in office per week in Bellevue, WA.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, secure, and resilient software systems for Visa’s Acceptance Solutions platform.
• Lead the development of mission-critical transaction processing solutions for high‑volume payment flows.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence across teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

AI-enabled development

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Advanced degree (Masters, MBA, JD, MD)

PhD

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Visa is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its Acceptance Solutions platform, focusing on scalable, secure transaction processing with hands-on coding and architectural leadership.

In this role, you will guide cloud-native design, event streaming (Kafka), and AI-enabled development while mentoring engineers and driving measurable business impact. The position requires 3 days in office per week in Bellevue, WA.