Visa · 1 day ago
Staff SW Engineer
Foster City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $212K/yr
5+ years expVisa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions globally and dedicated to uplifting everyone by providing the best way to pay and be paid. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design and build transactional platforms in an agile environment, working on complex distributed systems and real-time payment solutions for a diverse customer base.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile PaymentsPayments
Responsibilities
Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visa’s internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability
Collaborate multi-functionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings
Actively contribute to product quality improvements, valuable service technology, and new business flows in diverse agile squads
Develop robust and scalable products intended for a myriad of customers including end-user merchants, b2b, and business to government solutions
Leverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later Technology
Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities
Demonstrates relevant technical working knowledge to understand requirements
Identifies and contributes to the development and solution strategies to team members that improve the design and functionality of interface features across one or more project features, under minimal guidance
Applies standard processes on the use of programming languages (e.g. HTML, C++, Java) to write code that fulfills website modification requests and technical requirements
Collaborates with others to support the piloting of new technology capabilities and features that enhance the user website experience across e-commerce products
Analyzes bugs for simple issues and applies debugging tools to verify assumptions
Qualification
Required
5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience
Preferred
Strong experience in building large scale enterprise level backend applications using Java, Spring, REST API, RDBMS, NoSQL, Vert.x, Kafka, Kubernetes, and Jenkins
Good analytics & problem-solving skills with a solid foundation in algorithms, data structures and common design patterns
Experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery, Container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes)
Proficiency with Observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, OpenSearch, M3DB, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, FluentBit, Elastic Search)
Experience with TDD using JUNIT/functional automation testing and tools
Proven experience delivering complex software projects and solutions effectively through Agile methodologies on a regular release cadence
Strong leadership skills, with a proven ability to think big and challenge the status quo
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
Hands-on experience in AI, particularly Generative AI, is highly preferred
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work well in a team and independently
GCP or AWS Cloud certifications are a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401 (k)
FSA/HSA
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Wellness Program
Company
Visa
Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
TNB Financial Services
2016-09-10Post Ipo Equity
2008-03-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ryan McInerney
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Suh
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
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