Sr. Consultant, Sales Engineering

Visa Visa · Fintech · Johannesburg, South Africa, South Africa

Visa is seeking a Sr. Consultant, Sales Engineering to support the sale and adoption of their cloud-native card processing, card management, core banking, and lending solutions. The role involves providing technical expertise, delivering product demonstrations, and guiding clients on platform configuration to meet their business needs. Requires 10+ years of experience in payments/core banking, strong technical knowledge (Java, Python, etc.), and excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. drive the sales cycle by providing deep technical expertise
  2. delivering persuasive product demonstrations
  3. guiding clients through how Pismos platform can be configured to meet their business and operational needs

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s or Masters degree in computer science or any other engineering
  • 10 or more years of work experience with payments and or core banking solutions
  • Experience conducting product demonstrations and presentations
  • Previous experience with SaaS services and Cloud technologies
  • Proven experience working with major financial institutions in the region, with a strong background in selling or solutioning core banking, payments, and card issuing platforms
  • Strong knowledge of technology, including programming languages (Java, PHP, Phyton, Golang Etc.)
  • Strong knowledge of web services (REST, HTTP, FTP, Etc)
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with peers and seniors in other functional areas and across global regional teams
  • Ability to work independently within a complex and competitive environment and manage multiple initiatives
  • Ability to drive a collaborative culture with key cross-functional stakeholders
  • High level of problem-solving and project management skills
  • Ability to travel regionally if required
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a wide range of people, both internally and externally