Lead System Architect

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 As Lead Systems Architect you will lead and manage several strategic initiatives in the Visa Direct group The architecture group oversees and provides strategic direction on several regional market-specific and horizontal cross-cutting initiatives We ensure that the solutions are built is in alignment with the architecture and software target state of the platform As Lead Systems Architect you will need to innovate around solution approaches in a way that can deliver value in an agile incremental fashion to our clients while at the same time ensuring that broader architectural goals tenets are met In that sense architects must play the role of both product-owner and core technology owner simultaneously at ease The role will involve closely collaborating with a global network of architects and business folks across Visa to achieve the objectives Key payment flows such as Fund Transfer to Cards Accounts Wallets Crypto are handled in Visa Direct In addition several core horizontal platform infrastructure services that form building blocks for numerous product lines internally within Visa are also under the architecture group s radar These are complemented by value-add services and entire ecosystem to manage end-to-end delivery of push payments Architects deliver high level architecture and design artifacts for several such large initiatives In addition architect guide development teams on detailed design artifacts The architecture group is a core part of the engineering team participating in the entire software development lifecycle You will play a key role in ensuring business requirements are translated into secure scalable and efficient software system designs Whenever the need arises you will need to be able to roll up your sleeves and quickly prototype new approaches to demonstrate viability of creative initiatives ideas technologies You will provide the thought leadership on existing and emerging payment trends to develop a vision for specific areas of solution with an eye toward applicability across the greater client base You will also stay abreast of new technology trends innovations and asks from Visa s strategic partners to enhance our existing products or create new solutions with a faster time-to-market If you enjoy working in a fast-paced organization a good problem solver have a passion for using architecture to solving challenging business problems and have an innovative spirit we would love to hear from you This is a hybrid position 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 Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or related technical field required Masters Degree or other advanced degree preferred Very strong interpersonal facilitation team building and leadership skills along with effective communication both written and verbal skills and the ability to present complex ideas in a clear concise way ability to influence and develop relationships with key partners Proven experience as Systems Architect or in a similar role with a track record of successfully delivering complex software systems Expertise in designing distributed systems and microservices architectures Solid knowledge of one or more programming languages Java language preferred Experience with containerization technologies and orchestration tools Docker Kubernetes Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex systems to identify opportunities for improvement Ability to quickly churn proof-of-concepts prototypes as needed to demonstrate new ideas or approaches Solid knowledge of secure software development lifecycle and security practices Extensive experience in API design and in system and component design with attention to API security 12 years of relevant experience with 3 years of experience in technical leadership role Good understanding on emerging technology trends in the fields of systems data AI that can be used to deliver innovative solutions API-first mindset when building products Experience in using UI frameworks micro-frontend Additional Information 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