Visa · 7 hours ago
Staff SW Engineer
Foster City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$135K/yr - $215K/yr
5+ years expVisa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions globally. The Staff SW Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and overseeing microservices while ensuring compliance with security standards and managing release processes.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile PaymentsPayments
Responsibilities
Design , Develop, implement, and oversee the development of Microservices
Must have experience in AI/ML
Implement automation tools and frameworks for build, test, and deployment
Ensure system compliance with security standards
Coordinate all aspects of software releases, from planning to deployment
Monitor the progress of releases, identify potential issues, and work to resolve them promptly
Act as a security analyst, identifying potential vulnerabilities and implementing countermeasures
Good knowledge continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline
Responsible for working with Security, Operations, Development, Testing team and other teams to understand changes to the existing production environment on an ongoing basis and for non-prod environment support
Preserve and maintain service availability, performance, integrity, capacity, and security
Proven experience in release management, project management, or a similar role
Maintain and suggest improvements to deployment scripts and tooling
Participate in the decision making of success or failure of applications systems to be deployed in production
Collaborate with software engineers to understand software delivery needs
Provide guidance to cross-team and team members in release best practices and procedures
Update documentation that communicates standards and best practices for release and DevOps processes
Have a passion for delivering zero-defect code and be responsible for ensuring the team's deliverables meet or exceed the prescribed defect SLA
Open to operating across various time zones to provide support for teams situated in diverse geographical locations
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
Must have experience in AI/ML
Good knowledge continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline
Proven experience in release management, project management, or a similar role
Have a passion for delivering zero-defect code and be responsible for ensuring the team's deliverables meet or exceed the prescribed defect SLA
Open to operating across various time zones to provide support for teams situated in diverse geographical locations
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
Knowledge of risk assessment tools, technologies, and methods
Understanding of patch management with the ability to deploy patches in a timely manner
Minimum (4) years of directly related experience
Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle processes
2-3 years of Linux Systems Administration skills
4 years of Scripting experience (Shell, Python, Ansible, Terraform and YAML packages)
Experience with CI/CD or GitOps pipeline Architecture (i.e., ArgoCD, Code Fresh, Jenkins)
Knowledge in infrastructure technologies such as HP and DELL hardware (Rack servers)
Working knowledge of monitoring and logging tools: Prometheus, Graphana, Fluentbit, Netcool, Humio
Good to have experience with Microservices based applications traffic routing (i.e., Istio ServiceMesh)
Deep understanding of networking concepts
Excellent verbal and written communication and documentation skills
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
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TNB Financial Services
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2008-03-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ryan McInerney
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Suh
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
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