Director, Software Engineering (15+ yrs, Java Fullstack, TDD, Kafka)

Visa

Bangalore, Karnataka
Permanent
Full-time

13 days ago
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Company DescriptionVisa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.Job Description

Lead a team of 10 to 15 members made up of both full-time employees and contractors.
Deliver the product despite complex technical interdependencies with cross geographical teams.
Be hands on with technical details and provide leadership to engineering teams by participating in design, performing design reviews, code reviews, test strategy alignment across teams.
Build a culture of engineering excellence (quality, security, performance, scalability, availability, resilience etc.)
Partner with product managers in developing a strategy and roadmap that align with business goals.
Partner with remote teams to ensure alignment across product development.
Drive down technical debt and cost of operations/support.
Manage the prioritizations and delivery of enhancements and bug fixes on platform.
Provide oversight for managed services work happening in your area.
Ensure the process for incident management, change management and problem management are followed.
Hire, retain and grow a high-performing team of software engineers.
Invest in the career development of direct reports.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.QualificationsBasic 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.

Preferred Qualifications

15 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field required. Master’s Degree or other advanced degree preferred.
15+ years of relevant experience with 6+ years’ experience leading teams.
Expertise with the Core Java, Spring, Vertx, Kafka or similar
Experience building microservices, specifically with HTTP, REST, JSON and XML.
Experience with relationship and NoSQL database
Proven experience delivering highly scalable and available production systems.
Strong analytical, problem solving and communication/articulation skills.
Strong business acumen, ability to grasp big picture and explain to team in simple terms.
Track record of hiring and managing world-class software engineers in both development and testing domains.
Experience with Agile methodologies and software development lifecycle principles. Should be able to run the team based on agile principles.
Ability to manage multiple competing top priorities in a fast-paced environment.

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

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