Company Description

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

As a Data Platform Architect within Visa’s Open Banking AI and Data Platform Domain, based in Stockholm, Sweden, you will lead the design, development, and implementation of our next-generation data platform. In this role, you’re responsible for driving the execution of the technical vision to deliver a secure, compliant, and resilient data ecosystem that powers a breadth of use cases, including (but not limited to) data warehousing, real-time and batch data processing, analytical events systems, advanced data modelling, and infrastructure management. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across engineering, product, compliance, and AI to architect solutions that meet the demanding performance, scalability, security, and regulatory requirements of the Open Banking landscape. In this capacity, you will recommend and apply best-in-class architecture patterns, frameworks, and guidelines. You will set technical direction and mentor engineers to build high-quality, maintainable solutions that align with Visa’s strategic objectives.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Extensive experience in data architecture, including data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data lakes within enterprise-grade environments.
Proven track record in building secure, compliant, and resilient systems, with a deep understanding of security principles, privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR, PSD2).
Expertise in data processing frameworks and programming languages (e.g. Spark, Hadoop, SQL, Python/Scala/Java) and analytical event streaming systems (e.g. Kafka, Kinesis).
Strong background in advanced data modelling techniques, schema design, master data management, and metadata management.
Hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructures (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Familiarity with AI/ML data pipelines, enabling integration of machine learning models into production data workflows.
Demonstrated ability to lead end-to-end technical projects, set architectural vision, drive consensus across stakeholders, and deliver on time.
Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.
Deep technical proficiency, strategic vision, providing mentorship and thought leadership, and engaging in high-level consultation across the organization.
Relevant qualifications: Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. Professional certifications (e.g. TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) preferred.

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.