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Progress starts with you.\nJob Description\nAbout Visa:\nCommon 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.\nWe 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.\nThe Corporate IT Legal Technology organization builds and modernizes the technology platforms that power Visa’s global Legal function. Our mission is to simplify legal processes, improve access to information, strengthen risk and compliance capabilities, and enable Legal to operate more efficiently through technology, data, automation, and AI.\nOur portfolio includes Contract Lifecycle Management, Contract Intelligence and Search, Intellectual Property Management, Legal eBilling and Matter Management, Legal AI, workflow automation, and Legal data and analytics. We are building a connected, secure and scalable Legal Technology ecosystem that combines modern SaaS platforms, cloud technologies, integrations, Generative AI, and intelligent automation.\nWe are responsible for designing and delivering the next generation of Legal Technology, partnering closely with Legal and enterprise teams to transform how legal services are delivered and enable faster, smarter, and more data-driven decision-making across Visa.\nKey Responsibilities:\nGenerative AI & Innovation:\nLead the design, development, and deployment of GenAI solutions, including LLM integration, prompt engineering, RAG systems, and domain-specific model customization.\nEvaluate emerging AI capabilities and prototype innovative solutions to accelerate business transformation. Drive experimentation frameworks that validate model performance, user experience impact, and production feasibility.\nEnterprise-Scale Engineering:\nArchitect cloud-native applications capable of handling large-scale, high-availability workloads.\nOversee performance optimization, distributed processing, caching strategies, and operational monitoring.\nEnsure secure, compliant, and resilient engineering practices aligned with enterprise standards.\nMicroservices Architecture:\nDesign and evolve microservices architectures using best practices such as domain-driven design, event-driven patterns, and API-first development.\nImplement robust inter-service communication (REST, gRPC, messaging) and reliability patterns (circuit breakers, rate limiting).\nGuide engineers on scaling, testing, and maintaining distributed services.\nLeadership & Collaboration:\nMentor engineering and data science teams in modern AI, GenAI adoption, and architectural excellence.\nTranslate business goals into actionable engineering roadmaps and AI solution blueprints.\nDefine coding standards, architecture guidelines, model governance, and delivery best practices.\nCollaborate closely with product, security, and platform teams to align AI solutions with enterprise strategy.\nVisa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.\n\nVisa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.Qualifications\nQualifications:\n12-14 years of software engineering experience, including significant leadership in AI/ML and GenAI initiatives.\n Expertise in LLMs, embeddings, RAG systems, model fine-tuning, and GenAI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, etc.).\n Strong proficiency in Python plus enterprise languages (Java/Scala/Go).\n Experience building scalable cloud-native systems (AWS, Azure, GCP) and microservices architectures.\nHands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.\nDeep understanding of MLOps practices, model lifecycle management, and production AI monitoring.\nProven ability to deliver large-scale analytical applications and distributed data workflows.\nStrong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.\nVisa is an EEO Employer\nQualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. 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