This role pays more than
82%
of similar roles. Most pay
$208,800–$262,112
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$285k
versus about
$235k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
88 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$149,200–$238,700
across 84 roles with salary data.
Director, Software Engineering joins the Acceptance Solutions Product Development team to lead engineers building secure, high-performing distributed systems for payment acceptance. This role involves managing the design, implementation, and deployment of robust payment products while remaining hands-on with architecture, code reviews, and technical troubleshooting. The candidate will develop search, indexing, analytics, and data-processing capabilities to support high-volume transaction use cases. Key responsibilities include defining technical strategy for payment processing platforms, implementing event-driven data flows, and applying AI/ML and Generative AI to improve engineering productivity. The required technology stack includes Java, Containers, Kafka, relational databases, Docker, and Kubernetes. The role addresses the complexity of digital commerce by building an open, modular API platform that ensures Visa-grade resilience and security for global payment acceptance across various channels.
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