Director, Data Engineering

@ Visa

About Visa

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, processing over 259 billion transactions in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world with innovative, secure, and reliable payment solutions that empower individuals, businesses, and economies.

Role Overview: Director, Data Engineering

As Director, Data Engineering, you will be a key leader in architecting, enhancing, and building next-generation commercial solutions in an agile environment. You will drive strategic and tactical planning, lead full stack engineering teams, and ensure delivery and engineering excellence across multiple geographies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution and delivery of product and technology roadmaps.
• Architect and build enterprise-grade solutions using Java, Spring, Microservices, REST APIs, Angular, and Spark/Scala on Hadoop.
• Drive technical architecture alongside product owners and managers.
• Manage and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
• Collaborate globally with cross-functional teams in operations, security, and infrastructure.
• Leverage modern agentic and generative AI tools to improve efficiency.
• Recruit top engineering talent and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Qualifications

Minimum 10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience with an Advanced degree or PhD). Preferred candidates have extensive expertise in Data Engineering, full stack development, and a strong record in developing enterprise/SaaS distributed applications. Experience with Kafka, distributed databases, and high-frequency transaction environments is a plus.

Key Skills/Competency

Data Engineering, Java, Microservices, Spring Boot, Angular, Hadoop, Spark, Scala, SaaS, Leadership, Payments