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The Engineering Manager for the team will lead the development of customized features and extensions on top of our core platform. You'll help deliver region specific and client specific solutions without impacting core services, enabling rapid global expansion.
This role demands a strong focus on security, scalability, observability, and reliability, as the team is responsible for mission-critical components.
The ideal candidate will combine technical leadership, architectural vision, and people management skills to guide the team through complex engineering challenges and deliver high-quality, resilient solutions while fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
What you will do:
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment.
- Hire and onboard technical talent aligned with company culture and team goals.
- Ensure system stability, data integrity, and scalability in financial transactions.
- Manage multiple development initiatives, including planning, prioritization, resource allocation, and execution using Agile methodologies.
- Implement and enforce best practices for software development, including coding standards, code reviews, automated testing, and CICD.
- Maintain rigorous security standards and compliance with regulations such as PCI DSS and LGPD.
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business requirements.
- Whenever necessary, direct contact with the international team and clients
- Communicate plans, progress, risks, and technical decisions clearly and consistently to stakeholders.
- Lead production support and incident response, ensuring rapid resolution and minimal client impact.
- Establish and maintain robust observability practices, including metrics, distributed tracing, and log aggregation, to meet SLOs and SLAs.
This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice. #LI-Remote
Qualifications
- For this role, you must be based in Brazil
Language Skills:
- Proficiency in English at B2 level or above (Upper-Intermediate)
Technical Skills:
- 7+ years of experience in software development as a software engineer, with strong focus on backend solutions.
- At least 3 years of experience managing high‑performing engineering teams.
- Proven leadership experience in people and project management.
- Strong background in Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
- Experience developing secure and scalable microservices.
- Experience with event‑driven architecture.
- Strong knowledge of relational and non‑relational databases.
- Experience with performance testing and monitoring tools.
- Technical expertise in Java or Golang, AWS, Terraform, containerization, testing, and code review.
- Ability to work independently in a remote, multicultural team environment.
- Strong self‑motivation and adaptability in dynamic environments.
- Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to make assertive decisions under pressure and navigate complex constraints.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the payments or financial industry.
- Experience working with critical systems.
- Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of relevant work experience or
- at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Master’s, MBA) or
- 0 years of work experience with a PhD or 8+ years of relevant work experience.
Additional Information
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.
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