Lead Staff Software Engineer (GenAI)

Company Description

Visa 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

Visa Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce. We operate the world most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants, 15k Financial Institutions, and billions of everyday people. While working with us you will get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Senior Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence to lead the AI team at Authorize.Net. This role involves driving the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered solutions to enhance our payment processing platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, AI/ML, and team leadership, with a passion for innovation and delivering high-impact solutions.

Essential Functions:
- Lead the AI team in designing and implementing AI-driven features and enhancements for the Authorize.Net platform.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, data science, and engineering, to define AI strategies and roadmaps.
- Architect scalable and robust AI solutions that align with business goals and technical requirements.
- Mentor and guide team members, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in AI and software engineering.
- Ensure the quality, performance, and security of AI applications through rigorous testing and code reviews.
- Drive the adoption of best practices in AI development, including model training, evaluation, and deployment.

The Work:

Develop code and systems impacting 40% of the global population while influencing Visa internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability

Collaborate across teams to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for various Visa technical offerings

Drive product quality improvements, enhance service technology, and innovate business flows within diverse agile teams

Create robust, scalable products for a wide range of customers, including end-user merchants, B2B, and business to government solutions

Utilize cutting-edge technologies to build next-generation Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Analytics and others contributing to company growth

Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities

The Skills You Bring:

• Growth Mindset: Curiosity and passion for technology, with enthusiasm for tackling challenging projects on a global scale
• Challenge the Status Quo: Comfort in pushing the boundaries, “hacking” beyond traditional solutions
• Language Expertise:  Comprehensive proficiency in one or more general development languages (e.g., C#, JavaScript, C++, Java, Python)
• Builder: Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability
• Learner: Constant drive to learn new technologies such as React, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Partnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams

**We do not expect that any single candidate would fulfill all these characteristics. For instance, we have exciting team members who are really focused on building scalable systems but did not work with payments technology or web applications before joining Visa.

This is an onsite hybrid position based in Bellevue, WA. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic 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

• 12 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
• Programming Languages: Knowledge of and ability to develop code in one of the languages C#, C++, JavaScript, Java in support of product development. This includes the extension of capabilities of packages and products.
• Web Browser Optimization: The ability to select the best available values of some objective function to improve the functional effectiveness of web applications.
• API Design and Development: The ability to design, develop and maintain Application Program Interfaces (APIs), a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications that specify how software components should interact and are used when programming graphical user interface
• GenAI: Experiene leading the AI team in designing and implementing AI-driven features and enhancements

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa 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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $160,600.00 to 232,900.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.