Chief SW Engineer

Visa

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type: Hybrid
Location: Foster City, CA
Salary: $217,600–$348,300 / yr
Posted: 104 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $185k

This role $283k

$117k most similar roles pay here $373k

This role pays more than 91% of similar roles. Most pay $149,637–$221,175 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $283k versus about $185k for comparable roles.

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About Visa

Visa Inc. is the world''s largest payment network, enabling digital payments for consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments through its global processing network and branded card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services

Visa currently has 18 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $163,550–$198,600 across 17 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Chief SW Engineer

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CyberSource Corporation seeks a Chief Software Engineer in Foster City, CA, responsible for architecting and developing highly scalable transaction processing systems within the payment processing platform. This senior-level role involves designing key modules, frameworks, and automation tools while establishing best practices for application development, testing, deployment, and monitoring. The candidate will collaborate with business partners to translate product requirements into secure, reliable solutions and lead a team of senior engineers towards achieving technical goals and KPIs. Essential skills include experience in Java or Python, distributed systems design, cloud environments, CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Maven, containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, event-driven applications using Kafka, and API development with REST and SOAP protocols. The role demands expertise in SQL databases, monitoring, logging, and security practices to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Skills

Java Python Kubernetes Docker Jenkins Maven Spring Tomcat Git Sonar Kafka Redis Hazelcast SQL CI/CD DevOps REST SOAP JSON XML

What you'll do

Architect and design highly scalable transaction processing systems.
Develop key modules and automation tools for critical projects.
Establish best practices for application development and monitoring.
Define technical strategy aligning with product vision and innovation goals.
Ensure compliance of products with security, privacy, and governance standards.

What we're looking for

12+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent education.
Expertise in designing and deploying scalable distributed applications.
Proficiency in modern programming languages like Java or Python.
Hands-on experience with cloud environments, CI/CD tools, and DevOps practices.
Experience with event-driven architectures, containerization, and orchestration.
Knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and distributed caching technologies.
Strong background in API development using REST, JSON, and XML.

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