Lead Software Engineer (Java Fullstack, Gen AI)

The Visa Data Catalog (VDC) is a comprehensive metadata management platform designed to provide a centralized repository for all data-related information across the organization. The platform enables efficient data discovery, governance, and utilization by offering detailed metadata definitions for tables, columns, and other data assets. It supports various business units by improving data accessibility, enhancing data quality, and facilitating compliance with data governance policies. Our implementation leverages the open-source DataHub project, ensuring a robust, flexible, and scalable solution.

Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain the Enterprise Data Catalog (Visa Data Catalog) platform, ensuring it aligns with the organization s evolving data needs and strategic objectives. Design, implement, and manage robust metadata ingestion processes to keep the catalog current with the latest data definitions, business context, and usage information. Collaborate with Product teams, the Global Data Governance team, and the Privacy Office to deliver features that meet customer and compliance requirements. Partner with data stewards, data owners, and other stakeholders to enrich metadata with business definitions, data lineage, and usage context. Leverage Generative AI (GenAI) technologies to support Visa s 2030 goals and enhance catalog capabilities. Integrate the data catalog with other enterprise platforms to enable effective governance, quality management, and analytics. Monitor and optimize the performance, scalability, and reliability of the data catalog platform. Engage with the open-source community, contributing to and utilizing advancements in the DataHub project. Continuously analyze industry best practices to update the catalog s features and ensure scalability. Advocate for and implement open infrastructure solutions that are modern and purpose-fit. Dedicate approximately 70 percent of time to hands-on coding across various languages, frameworks, and technology stacks to deliver high-quality solutions.

Basic Qualifications
13 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor s Degree or with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 8+ years of work experience with a PhD
Bachelors degree in computer science or a related technical