Visa · 1 day ago
Staff SW Engineer - Performance Engineering
Highlands Ranch, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$124K/yr - $199K/yr
5+ years expVisa is a world leader in payments and technology, aiming to connect the world through innovative and secure payment solutions. The Staff Software Engineer will be part of the Issuer Processing Performance Engineering team, responsible for creating performance plans and models, collaborating with various stakeholders to define testing strategies, and enhancing application performance and capacity.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile PaymentsPayments
Responsibilities
Demonstrate Visa's core values, maintaining a delivery-focused approach
Cultivate, support and promote an organizational culture that provides for high performance, high morale, collaboration and innovation
Mentor and assist peers in all aspects of Test Engineering
Design and execute test plans, scenarios and scripts, related to application performance and capacity
Analyze, review, troubleshoot and present performance results and recommendations to delivery teams and business groups
Troubleshoot and improve performance issues and bottlenecks
Clearly communicate both formally and informally project/program status, risk and impact, escalating when/where appropriate
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
6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Expert level knowledge and experience with Performance Test tools such as LoadRunner, Jmeter, etc
Expert level knowledge and experience with Application Performance Monitoring solutions such as Riverbed, Splunk, OpNET, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, etc
Hands-on experience navigating, troubleshooting and optimizing internals of the Unix/Linux and Windows Operating Systems
Experience navigating, debugging and tuning program languages such as C, Java, Python, C#, C++, .NET
Experience tuning and optimizing Databases such as Oracle, MSSQL, Mongo, Cassandra
Experience tuning and optimizing performance of VM/JVM/ container
Advanced written and verbal communication skills, including strong leadership and interpersonal capabilities
Self-motivated, independent and solutions-oriented
Familiarity with payment processing systems/services/domain
Demonstrate a team-driven attitude, ready to innovate, collaborate and resolve issues
Ability to prioritize workload in order to balance deliverables and meet necessary deadlines
Proven track record of success both as an individual contributor as well as a leader
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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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