Lead Software Engineer - (14-18 years - Java, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Cloud, Security, Platform Engineering, Gen AI)

About the role

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Software Engineer to join Visa’s Shared Services and Cloud Product Development organization. This role is ideal for a senior technologist who thrives as a lead generalist, operating across infrastructure, security, scalability, and platform engineering, while building foundational services that enable Visa’s global product ecosystem.

What you'll do

• Provide deep technical leadership within Shared Services and Cloud Product Development
• Lead discovery and design sessions with product partners to translate business requirements into scalable, secure shared-service architectures
• Define and formalize best practices and standards for Java/J2EE development, API design, security, and service scalability
• Lead planning, piloting, and integration of new platform capabilities, including infrastructure enhancements, security controls, and AI-enabled tooling
• Design and implement cloud-native, containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and elastic scalability

What you need

• 14–18 yrs of experience
• Cloud security
• Java
• Microservices
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• REST APIs
• MBA or PhD

Good to have

• Linux
• System design
• AWS
• GCP
• CI/CD
• Azure