{"id":1485722,"url":"https://alion.io/job/visa-sr-manager-software-engineering-3","title":"Sr. Manager, Software Engineering","company":{"id":83,"name":"Visa","domain":"visa.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/visa","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":85,"open_postings":125,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.6,"repost_share":0.032,"time_to_fill_p50_days":23,"computed_at":"2026-09-30T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Austin, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":163300,"max":261600,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":261600},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":11,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Claude Code","optional":false},{"name":"Copilot","optional":false},{"name":"Model Context Protocol","optional":false},{"name":"OpenAI Codex","optional":false},{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false},{"name":"RAG","optional":false},{"name":"Cursor","optional":true},{"name":"LLM","optional":true},{"name":"Prompt Engineering","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-29T23:09:47Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-29","last_verified_at":"2026-09-30T09:46:40Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"About Us\nVisa 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.\nAt 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.\nJoin Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.\nJob Description\nWe are seeking a highly technical and hands-on Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead high-performing engineering teams responsible for designing, developing, and operating large-scale distributed systems. This role requires a technology leader who combines deep software engineering expertise with strong people leadership and extensive experience in Artificial Intelligence technologies, including Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents, Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and modern AI-native development practices.\nThe ideal candidate is passionate about solving complex engineering challenges, scaling organizations, mentoring future leaders, and driving innovation through AI-powered software development. You will work closely with product, architecture, security, infrastructure, and business teams to create next-generation payment and commerce solutions that serve millions of users globally.\nThe Work Itself\nLead and grow teams responsible for designing and delivering highly scalable, resilient, and secure software platforms operating at global scale.\nDrive technical strategy and execution across distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, APIs, AI-enabled platforms, and mission-critical payment systems.\nBuild and cultivate a high-performance engineering culture focused on quality, operational excellence, innovation, and customer obsession.\nArchitect and oversee the development of large-scale applications capable of supporting millions of daily transactions while meeting stringent availability and security requirements.\nChampion AI-first engineering practices by leveraging Generative AI, Agentic AI frameworks, LLMs, Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and AI-powered SDLC automation.\nPartner with product and business leaders to define roadmaps and translate strategic priorities into executable engineering initiatives.\nLead modernization efforts involving cloud platforms, microservices, event-driven architectures, MLOps, and AI infrastructure.\nEstablish engineering metrics, delivery frameworks, and operational practices that improve velocity, quality, reliability, and developer productivity.\nDrive innovation through proof-of-concepts, experimentation, and adoption of emerging technologies that create measurable business value.\nMentor engineers, architects, and engineering managers while fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.\nLead cross-functional initiatives involving security, compliance, AI governance, resiliency, observability, and platform engineering.\nInfluence organizational strategy through technology leadership, technical vision, and executive stakeholder engagement.\nEssential Functions\nProvides strategic technology leadership and serves as the technical authority for large-scale application platforms and distributed systems.\nLeads teams through architecture design, technology selection, platform modernization, and enterprise-scale engineering initiatives.\nEstablishes engineering standards, AI governance frameworks, and software development best practices across multiple teams.\nDrives adoption of AI-powered engineering tools and workflows to accelerate software delivery and improve developer experience.\nEvaluates, designs, and implements solutions utilizing Generative AI, Large Language Models, Agentic Frameworks, MCP, RAG, Vector Databases, and AI orchestration platforms.\nPartners with executive leadership, product management, and business stakeholders to align technology investments with strategic company objectives.\nBuilds and executes long-term technology roadmaps while maintaining operational stability and service reliability.\nLeads technical reviews, architecture governance, and decision-making processes for mission-critical systems.\nChampions platform resiliency, security-by-design principles, compliance requirements, and operational excellence.\nGuides engineering organizations in building reusable frameworks, services, SDKs, and AI-enabled platform capabilities.\nEstablishes key engineering KPIs related to availability, scalability, performance, quality, developer productivity, and business outcomes.\nDrives recruitment, talent development, succession planning, and leadership growth across engineering teams.\nIdentifies emerging industry trends and evaluates opportunities to leverage new technologies for business transformation.\nVisa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.\nQualifications\nBasic Qualifications:\n8+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience\nPreferred Qualifications:\n9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD\n8+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience.\n10+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years leading engineering teams.\nExperience in reviewing business requirements and developing technical documentation.\nExperience in designing and implementing testing procedures for APIs and integration patterns.\nExperience in participating in design reviews and providing input on product designs and schedules.\nExperience in leading teams to ensure productivity and high-quality delivery.\nExperience in code review and accountability for development/testing activities.\nExperience in technical evaluations and proof of concepts for new technologie.\nExperience building large-scale transaction processing, e-commerce, fintech, payments, or highly regulated platforms.\nExperience implementing enterprise AI platforms and AI-powered developer productivity solutions.\nDeep knowledge of Generative AI ecosystems, LLM operations, prompt engineering, RAG, vector databases, and AI agents.\nExperience with modern AI-assisted software development platforms including Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and related technologies.\nMaster's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field preferred.\nDemonstrated track record of delivering large transformational initiatives that create measurable business impact.\nWhat Sets You Apart\nYou are equally comfortable discussing distributed systems architecture with senior engineers, presenting technology strategy to executives, mentoring engineering managers, and rolling up your sleeves to prototype AI solutions. You thrive in environments where innovation, scale, AI transformation, and technical excellence converge to solve some of the world's most complex engineering challenges.\n\nInformation for US Applicants\nFor roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $163,300.00 to $ 261,600.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.Work Hours\nVaries upon the needs of the department.\nTravel Requirements\nThis position requires travel 5-10% of the time.\nMental/Physical Requirements\nThis position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.\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 protect veteran status. 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