Engineering Manager, localization

Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and engineers in 2016, Pismo is a technology company that provides a comprehensive processing platform for banking, card issuing and financial market infrastructure and helps customers innovate and build the next generation of banking and payment solutions. Pismo joined Visa in 2024.

Leveraging Visa’s solutions, our core platform, and an expanding suite of capabilities, Pismo addresses the technological challenges that large banks, marketplaces, and fintech companies face in migrating from legacy systems to more advanced technology in the market. Pismo’s cloud-based platform empowers firms to build and launch financial products rapidly, scaling as they grow to have a broader audience while keeping high security and availability standards.

Pismo’s 500+ employees are located in more than 10 countries around the world.

The Engineering Manager lead the development of connected services to the Core platform for emerging Pismo markets. This role demands a strong focus on security, scalability, observability, and reliability, as the team is responsible for mission-critical components such as invoice closure, account debt control, and financial transaction integrity.
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.
• Own and develop the technical vision and architecture of the team.
• Ensure system stability, data integrity, and scalability of developed systems.
• 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 and CI/CD.
• Be responsible for the quality of the product with the use of automated tests and quality processes within the team.
• Maintain rigorous security standards and compliance with regulations.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business requirements.
• 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 hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Technical & Managerial Skills:

• Minimum of 3 years managing high-performing engineering teams.
• 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.
• Strong background in Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum).
• Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
• Experience developing secure and scalable microservices.
• Experience with event-driven architecture.
• Experience with performance testing and monitoring tools.
• 7 years Technical expertise in Golang and/or Java,
• Experrise in AWS, Terraform, containerization, testing, and code reviewing.
• Knowledge in payments or financial services industry would be dersirable. 

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.