Visa
Sr. Director- Software Development (Global Network Engineering)
US - Foster City, CA, USA · Director
Sponsorship not specified$195k-$401kDetected 11 hours ago
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About the role
- The IaC platform is a mission-critical engineering system that automates engineering and operations workflows, enables self-service capabilities across the organization, and serves as a foundational platform for GenAI and agentic AI adoption.
- The scope includes all networking at Visa - over 10,000 network devices from vendors such as Arista Networks, Cisco Systems, and Juniper Networks used in both data center and WAN environments, including multiple SD-WAN technologies.
- The IaC system itself must employ high-availability techniques and operate in an always-on fashion.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute comprehensive platform engineering and network automation strategies and roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business objectives and elevating operational reliability and efficiency.
- Write code and lead a geographically distributed software engineering and DevOps team responsible for a mission-critical IaC platform that serves as the single source of truth and is essential to configuring and managing Visa's production networks at industry-leading levels of availability.
- Lead the evaluation, selection, and deployment of new technologies and vendors, including containerized automation platforms, ML-driven anomaly detection, GenAI capabilities, and event-driven remediation systems.
- Lead cross-functional and external collaboration projects, managing strategic partnerships with both internal stakeholders and external vendors.
- Drive adoption of industry best practices for software engineering, code quality, security, performance monitoring, reliability engineering, and platform operations.
- Lead GenAI adoption in the organization and evolve the IaC platform into a foundational engineering platform that enables agentic AI use cases across Network Engineering.
- Inspire, mentor, and lead high-performing teams of software engineers, platform engineers, and network specialists to deliver operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 12+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree, OR 15+ years of relevant work experience.
- Basic Qualifications:
Nice to have
- 15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Master's, MBA, JD, or MD), or PhD with 9+ years of experience.
- Experience leading geographically distributed software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or network engineering teams.
- Experience with network telemetry systems, time-series databases, real-time analytics, and AI/ML-driven operational insights.
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, etc.).
- Metrics-driven management approach with a focus on service reliability, scalability, and platform performance.
- Experience managing mission-critical infrastructure and delivering exceptional reliability in large-scale production environments.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
- Sound judgment, high ethical standards, and the ability to work effectively at all organizational levels.
Skills
- Demonstrated experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or Docker Swarm.
- Solid understanding of data storage technologies including Redis, MongoDB, and other NoSQL databases.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems architecture skills.
- Experience driving technology transformation and delivering production-grade software, automation, and AI-enabled platform solutions.
- Strong collaboration skills with demonstrated leadership in cross-functional, highly technical environments.
Compensation
- The estimated salary range for this position is $194,700 to $400,900 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable).
- If you are located in Colorado, the estimated salary range for this position is $194,700 to $340,800 USD per year.
Company info
- Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
- At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale - tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.
- Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.
- Visa will accept applications for this role until at least 07-28-2026
- Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world.
- Progress starts with you.
- Job Description
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa requires at least 3 days in office; expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
- Visa will accept applications for this role until at least July 22, 2026.
- Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
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