Director (Technology Leader with hands-on exp in Platform / Application Development, GenAI, Python, Java, 14 - 18 years exp.)
Visa · Posted Nov 6
Digital payment technology platform and global payment card services corporation
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About the role
The Corporate IT Legal Technology organization builds and modernizes the technology platforms that power Visa's global Legal function, with a portfolio including Contract Lifecycle Management, Contract Intelligence and Search, Intellectual Property Management, Legal eBilling and Matter Management, Legal AI, workflow automation, and Legal data and analytics. The team is building a connected, secure, and scalable Legal Technology ecosystem that combines modern SaaS platforms, cloud technologies, integrations, Generative AI, and intelligent automation. This Director role leads the design and deployment of GenAI solutions, enterprise-scale cloud-native engineering, and microservices architecture while mentoring engineering and data science teams.
What you will do
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of GenAI solutions, including LLM integration, prompt engineering, RAG systems, and domain-specific model customization.
- Evaluate emerging AI capabilities and prototype innovative solutions to accelerate business transformation. Drive experimentation frameworks that validate model performance, user experience impact, and production feasibility.
- Architect cloud-native applications capable of handling large-scale, high-availability workloads.
- Oversee performance optimization, distributed processing, caching strategies, and operational monitoring.
- Ensure secure, compliant, and resilient engineering practices aligned with enterprise standards.
- Design and evolve microservices architectures using best practices such as domain-driven design, event-driven patterns, and API-first development.
- Implement robust inter-service communication (REST, gRPC, messaging) and reliability patterns (circuit breakers, rate limiting).
- Guide engineers on scaling, testing, and maintaining distributed services.
- Mentor engineering and data science teams in modern AI, GenAI adoption, and architectural excellence.
- Translate business goals into actionable engineering roadmaps and AI solution blueprints.
- Define coding standards, architecture guidelines, model governance, and delivery best practices.
- Collaborate closely with product, security, and platform teams to align AI solutions with enterprise strategy.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 12–14 years of software engineering experience, including significant leadership in AI/ML and GenAI initiatives.
- Expertise in LLMs, embeddings, RAG systems, model fine-tuning, and GenAI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, etc.).
- Strong proficiency in Python plus enterprise languages (Java/Scala/Go).
- Experience building scalable cloud-native systems (AWS, Azure, GCP) and microservices architectures.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
- Deep understanding of MLOps practices, model lifecycle management, and production AI monitoring.
- Proven ability to deliver large-scale analytical applications and distributed data workflows.
- Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Visa
Visa Inc. is a multinational payment card services corporation that facilitates electronic funds transfers worldwide. The company empowers global commerce through its secure digital payment network, connecting consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 34100 employees
- Founded
- 1958-09-18
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $17.9B raised
- 2008-03-19IPO$17.9B
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Product and Strategy Officer
Group President, Global Markets
Vice Chair, Chief People and Corporate Affairs Officer
Recent coverage
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