Senior Manager – Software Engineering

About Us

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.

Job Description

Role Summary:
The Sr. Manager; Software Engineering leads a team responsible for reviewing business requirements and developing functional and technical design documentation. This role oversees the design and implementation of testing procedures for APIs, abstractions, and integration patterns to address distributed computing challenges, including end-to-end and integration testing. The Sr. Manager participates in design reviews, providing input on requirements, product designs, schedules, and potential issues, and works across the team to ensure productivity, predictability, and delivery of high-quality results.

The position includes accountability for code review and the teams development and testing activities, as well as participation in proof of concepts and technical evaluations of new technologies. The Sr. Manager is expected to foster a collaborative environment, ensuring the team meets business needs and delivers robust solutions.

All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.

Essential Functions:

People Leadership & Talent Development:

• Hire, retain, and develop a diverse, high-performing team of software engineers across the Bangalore hub.
• Own performance management, career growth, and promotion pipelines; deliver concrete coaching and mentoring to grow engineers into senior/staff roles.
• Build a healthy, inclusive team culture with strong engagement and retention signals.

Delivery & Execution Management:

• Own end-to-end delivery for a product area planning, prioritization, risk management, and predictable execution against roadmap commitments.
• Drive operational excellence: incident ownership, on-call health, code quality, and reduction of technical debt.
• Manage multiple competing initiatives and timelines, balancing scope, speed, and quality.
• Establish and track delivery metrics (on-time delivery, uptime, throughput, defect rates) and report progress to stakeholders.