Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

You will be a leader with demonstrated ability to lead by influence and a track record of successful delivery of large-scale complex systems at an Internet or financial services company or as a product at an enterprise software company.

The ability to synthesize and simplify complex needs such as business capability, operational efficiency, regulatory, security and privacy considerations into architecture and system design is required. This includes the ability to work with technical people at all levels and work tightly with program/product management.

Prior experience should include architecture and design validated through delivery and operations for high-demand data systems for analytic and operational use. Examples include real-time data collection systems, pipelines, warehousing, data cleaning and quality, business intelligence, predictive analytics and real-time scoring systems.

Validated ability to quickly grasp and evaluate new ideas and technologies from internal and external sources and match them with appropriate technology and business problems to yield pragmatic innovation is required.

Experience in driving architecture for complex projects that cut across multiple teams and geographies is required. Experience with big data or open-source technologies including Hadoop are required.

RESPONSIBILITIES
-  Develop Systems and Component architectures and APIs that meet the test of time. Articulate and evangelize architectural principles reciprocally with engineering teams that ensure that system components fit and last and align with company’s business direction.

-  Validated ability in leading a small team of senior architects and multi-functional architects and engineers.

-  Lead a team of architects to define, develop, maintain, and communicate the technology and platform strategy to all levels including the Visa executive team

-  Work with engineering teams to provide continuous architecture and design mentorship / leadership and be a source of support that ensures successful product delivery and operational excellence in production.

-  Collaborate with key partners such as developers, development managers, product and program management and senior technical and business executives to drive the Architecture strategy.

-  Resolve approaches for new areas by quickly investigating the state of the art and available technologies.

-  Take a consultative approach to develop, present and explain and evangelize the value and vision of proposed architectures and solutions to a wide audience

-  Promote architecture standard methodologies and mentor key technical people within the Data Product organization.

-  Lead and support a team to design, build, and operate an uncommon Data Platform

-  Champion a culture of innovation, in an environment that requires high levels of scalability, security and reliability

-  Establish relationships with key architects across technology organizations and collaborate on promoting architectural standard methodologies.

-  Chip in to building Visa’s technology brand through internal and external initiatives

•    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from a top institution required. PhD in Computer Science highly desirable.
•    10+ years experience, at least 5 in an architect position, required.
•    Experience managing and leading teams across geographies
•    Technical background in data with deep understanding of issues in multiple areas such as data management, query processing, distributed processing, high availability, statistical and machine learning and operational excellence of production systems, required.
•    Outstanding verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, and interaction skills, including ability to effectively communicate architectural issues and concepts to technical and non-technical people at multiple organization levels, required.
•    Experience in M&A (evaluation, integration, etc.)
•    Experience in payments or related industry is a plus
 

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