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Labcorp Holdings

Lead Software Engineer

Durham NC

Deliver high-quality, stable software solutions that meet platform standards. Lead complex technical projects, ensuring timely delivery and …

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Visa

Lead Software Engineer

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pay posted by employer$174,400–$279,100 USD per year

Job Summary: The Lead Software Engineer is the highest individual contributor technical role responsible for setting technical …

Added Oct 27, 2026

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Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

Lead Software Engineer

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States +2 locations

Full time

Pay posted by employer$99,150–$162,885

… team of engineers, designers, and product experts Hand-on API or micro-services development Conduct and lead technical design discussions across multiple technology disciplines to propose viable solutions to complex …

Added Oct 29, 2026

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Booz Allen Hamilton

Software Engineer, Lead

Fort Meade, MD

Pay posted by employer$112,800–$257,000

Software Engineer, Lead The Opportunity: As a full-stack develop er, you can resolve a problem with a complete …

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Global Payments

Lead - Software Engineer

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Lead - Software Engineer to join our ever evolving Software Engineering team and help shape the future of global …

Added Nov 3, 2026

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AutoNation

Lead Software Engineer

AutoNation Headquarters

Full time
Regular

Pay posted by employer$120,000–$130,000

The Lead Software Engineer will develop, enhance, and implement application solutions to support the company’s need …

Added Nov 3, 2026

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Labcorp Holdings

Lead Software Development Engineer

USA - NC - Durham - 10 Moore Drive +1 location

Pay posted by employer$75,000–$140,000 per year

Added Oct 18, 2026

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Fidelity National Information Services

Software Engineer Lead

US GA ATL 201 STE 900 +2 locations

… multiple platforms in collaboration with business and technology teams for internal and external client software solutions. Design, architect, and deliver complex program specifications for code development and support …

Added Nov 3, 2026

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Fidelity National Information Services

Software Engineer Lead

US GA CMH ONE RIVERFRONT +2 locations

Added Nov 3, 2026

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Caterpillar

Lead Software Engineer

Košice, Košice Region, Slovakia

… nce to join and support digital in novatio n for a global leader in heavy machinery! What will you do? As Lead Software Engineer you will be a hands ‑ on tech nical lead er responsible not only for delivering features, …

Added Oct 27, 2026

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Booz Allen Hamilton

Software Developer, Lead

Fort Meade, MD

Pay posted by employer$112,800–$257,000

Software Developer, Lead The Opportunity: As a full stack developer, you can resolve a problem with a complete …

Added Oct 30, 2026

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Northern Trust

Lead, Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India +1 location

Full time
Regular

… using leading technology and exceptional service. Your Role We are seeking a motivated and versatile Software Engineer to join our growing Enterprise Architecture engineering team. This individual will work closely …

Added Oct 16, 2026

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GE Aerospace

Software Lead Engineer

Evendale

Summary The Software Lead Engineer is the technical lead for embedded engine control software. You'll own the design of highly …

Added Nov 6, 2026

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Caterpillar

Lead Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

… and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. Key Responsibilities Lead and contribute to strategic modernization initiatives across Helios platforms, including transformation of …

Added Oct 27, 2026

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Caterpillar

Lead Software Engineer

Westminster, Colorado, United States +3 locations

Pay posted by employer$128,470–$208,770

… AI capabilities to help our customers build a better, more sustainable world. Job Summary: We are seeking a Lead Angular Developer to drive the design and development of next-generation applications. You will shape …

Added Oct 28, 2026

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Truist Financial

Lead Software Engineer

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States +1 location

Job Profile Summary: Designs, develops, and implements enterprise platform software services that enable scalable, secure, and policy-enforced production operations across the software …

Added Nov 3, 2026

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Fidelity National Information Services

Software Engineer Lead

US GA ATL 201 STE 900 +1 location

… web applications). ● Experience with modern web frameworks ● Hands-on experience in implementing scalable software platforms and DevOps driven automated solution ● Experience in building and/or contributing towards machine …

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GE Aerospace

Lead Software Engineer

Evendale

Full time
Regular

… or the combustor, or even the augmentor (on military engines). On my team, we think it's the logic and software that stitch all those subsystems together to form a cohesive operating machine - one that can readily …

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Caterpillar

Lead Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

… it. Role Definition Performs implementation, regular problem solving, maintenance and support for a agile software development. Responsibilities • Designing, modifying, developing, writing and implementing software …

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Nike

Lead Software Engineer, ITC

Karnataka, India

… organization and report to the Engineering Manager. On a daily basis, you will collaborate with peer software engineers, product managers, and architects on product teams to achieve business objectives. Additionally, …

Added Oct 27, 2026

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Visa

Lead Software Engineer

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pay posted by employer$174,400–$279,100 USD per year

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Qualifications · employer excerpt

Basic Qualifications:10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of…
Preferred Qualifications:12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD.15+ years of experience with…
Information for US Applicants
Work Hours
Varies upon the needs of the department.

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About this opportunity

Original employer description

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.

Visa will accept applications for this role until at least 10-31-2026

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Lead Software Engineer is the highest individual contributor technical role responsible for setting technical vision, driving architectural excellence, and solving the most complex technical challenges for Visa's Acceptance Solutions platform, focusing on transaction processing platform. This role combines deep technical expertise (40-50% hands-on) with strategic leadership, cross-organizational influence, and pioneering adoption of Generative AI and agentic AI at scale.

The Work Itself:

Design and build scalable, secure, and resilient software systems that support Visa’s Acceptance Solutions platform and global transaction processing capabilities.
Set technical direction and influence architectural standards for distributed systems, platform reliability, scalability, security, and reusability.
Lead the development of mission-critical transaction processing solutions that support high-volume payment flows, event-driven processing, and real-time data movement.
Collaborate with product, architecture, security, operations, and engineering teams to create design artifacts and deliver best-in-class software solutions.
Solve complex technical challenges across cloud-native platforms, distributed architecture, event streaming, API security, and payment lifecycle management.
Actively contribute to product quality, platform modernization, value-added services, and new business flows through hands-on development and technical leadership.
Leverage modern technologies, including cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Kafka, and AI-enabled engineering practices, to advance Visa’s next-generation payment capabilities.
Mentor engineers, influence technical leaders, and promote a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, continuous learning, and measurable business impact.

Essential Functions:

Lead the architecture, design, development, enhancement, and modernization of software solutions for Visa’s Acceptance Solutions transaction processing platform.
Develop secure, scalable, high-quality code that complies with design specifications, engineering standards, and security best practices.
Provide hands-on technical leadership for complex software development efforts while influencing technical direction across multiple teams.
Drive design and code reviews to ensure solutions meet expectations for performance, resiliency, observability, scalability, security, and maintainability.
Identify and implement automation opportunities across development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational workflows.
Partner with product owners, architects, security teams, operations teams, and engineering stakeholders to align technical solutions with customer and business objectives.
Use production telemetry, system analysis, and operational insights to recommend improvements to architecture, code, processes, and platform reliability.
Support agile delivery, release readiness, on-call rotations, incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement of production systems.
Guide the adoption of modern engineering practices, including cloud-native development, event-driven architecture, secure integration patterns, and AI-enabled development workflows.
Mentor senior engineers, develop technical talent, and contribute to reusable frameworks, architecture documentation, and engineering best practices.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD.
15+ years of experience with progressive technical leadership responsibilities.
Demonstrated track record as a technical leader with organization-wide impact.
Deep expertise in designing and scaling mission-critical distributed systems.
Proven ability to solve complex problems that span multiple technical domains.
Experience setting technical direction and influencing strategy across teams.
Expert proficiency in modern programming languages and system design.
Mastery of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, and distributed architecture.
Deep experience with event-driven systems, Kafka, and high-throughput data processing.
Experience with security architecture (OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, encryption, IAM).
Track record of mentoring senior engineers and developing technical leaders.
Experience pioneering AI-enabled engineering practices at organizational scale. Deep understanding of payment processing and transaction lifecycle
Expertise in event-driven architecture and event streaming platforms (Kafka)
Knowledge of payment capture processing and event enrichment
Experience with file transfer protocols (SFTP) and batch processing.
Experience in payments, financial services, or high-scale transaction processing.
Recognized expertise in distributed systems (publications, speaking engagements, patents).
Experience with AI/ML at scale, including production deployment of intelligent systems.
Track record of building and evolving platforms serving billions of transactions.
Experience working with executive leadership on technical strategy.
History of developing engineers who have grown into senior technical roles.
Experience with PCI-DSS, SOX, and financial services regulatory compliance. Understanding of payment network protocols (Visa, Mastercard, Amex)
Experience with event correlation and transaction matching
Knowledge of retry mechanisms, dead-letter queues, and event replay
Experience with data serialization formats (Avro, Protobuf, JSON)
Understanding of exactly-once processing and idempotency patterns.

Information for US Applicants

For roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $174,400.00 to $ 279,100.00 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

Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This 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.

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 protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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