Senior Software Engineering Lead

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

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Sr. Manager in Software Engineering to lead an 8+ person software team, owning end-to-end development from requirements to release.

You will shape architecture, drive testing and API patterns, and oversee agile delivery with modern DevOps practices. This role emphasizes collaboration with product, security, and operations teams while advancing secure software delivery across the organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's 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.

Responsibilities

• Direct, mentor, and build a high-performing team of 8+ software engineers.
• Oversee end-to-end application development deliverables including unit design, coding, code reviews, testing, and release management.
• Manage team workload, sprint planning, hiring, onboarding, and resource allocation to meet timelines.
• Collaborate with technical leads, architects, and product managers to define solution approaches and evaluate feasibility.
• Drive Agile workflows with CI/CD, DevOps tools to streamline pipelines.
• Partner with global cross-functional teams to resolve blockers and ensure aligned delivery.
• Ensure development adheres to SSDLC and security requirements and quality standards.
• Document engineering practices and continually improve processes.

Skills

People Leadership

Team Execution

Resource Planning

Technical Guidance

Agile Leadership

Cross-Functional Collaboration

CI/CD

Cloud-native

Education

Bachelor's degree OR 11+ years exp

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Pub/Sub

Cloud Spanner

Cloud SQL

Bigtable

Dataflow

Job description

Visa is seeking a Sr. Manager in Software Engineering to lead an 8+ person software team, owning end-to-end development from requirements to release.

You will shape architecture, drive testing and API patterns, and oversee agile delivery with modern DevOps practices. This role emphasizes collaboration with product, security, and operations teams while advancing secure software delivery across the organization.