Lead Software Engineer

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.

This role qualifies for Autorskie Koszty Uzyskania Przychodu (KUP), in accordance with applicable Polish tax regulations. Eligible employees may benefit from preferential tax treatment on income derived from the creation of intellectual property, subject to meeting statutory criteria.

Company Description:

Visa Technology Organization is a global community of problem solvers reshaping the future of commerce. We operate one of the world most sophisticated payment networks, processing 65,000+ secure transactions per second across 80M merchants, 15K financial institutions, and billions of people worldwide.

About the Team:

The Visa Digital Benefits Platform (VDBP) powers benefits management for issuers and cardholders globally. We build mission‑critical systems banks rely on to configure, manage, and deliver cardholder benefits across every region—backed by the 6+ billion transactions Visa processes daily.

The Role:

We are looking for a Lead Engineer to drive VDBP’s evolution into a multitenant, multiregion, highly automated, AI‑augmented platform.

You will own technical direction within VDBP application domain, contribute hands‑on at a high level, define platform architecture  and align it through our Architecture Guild, and lead through execution and example.

This is Director level Individual Contributor role that can move to include line management as the team grows.

What You will Be Doing:

• Own system design for multitenant, multiregion deployments, aligning decisions through the Architecture Guild.
• Design, build, and deliver end‑to‑end features across Angular micro-frontends, Java/Spring services, REST/SOAP APIs, Kafka pipelines, and MySQL.
• Lead modernization efforts including micro-frontends, CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions), Infrastructure‑as‑Code, Kubernetes deployments, and expanded test automation beyond Playwright.
• Champion AI‑powered development workflows, experience with agentic or autonomous coding systems is a plus.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, architectural guidance, and hands‑on delivery.

Tech Stack:

• Java, Spring Boot, Angular, TypeScript, Kafka, MySQL, REST, SOAP, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Playwright, Hybrid Cloud

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

What We are Looking For:

• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to identify problems and drive solutions to completion.
• Proven full stack experience shipping and maintaining Java/Spring backends and modern frontends (Angular preferred).
• Solid distributed systems instincts, including multitenancy, RBAC, and multiregion trade‑offs.
• Platform engineering experience with CI/CD, Kubernetes/Docker, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code.
• Test automation experience (Playwright or similar) and sound coverage judgment.
• Active use of AI in daily development workflows.
• Clear, direct communication and the ability to influence across technical and non‑technical audiences.

Required Experience:

• 10+ years with a Bachelor’s degree, 8+ years with an Advanced Degree, or 3+ years with a PhD.
• Extensive experience as a hands‑on Full Stack Engineer or similar senior technical role.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL).
• Experience with on‑prem and/or cloud platforms (AWS or GCP).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and modern DevSecOps practices.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in a product‑led model with UX and product partners.
• Background in payments, mediatech or fintech.
• Production experience with multitenant SaaS or multiregion platforms.
• Track record of establishing CI/CD and test automation practices within a team.

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.