Job DescriptionVisa's Technology Organization is a global community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce. We operate one of the world's most sophisticated data center and network platforms, capable of processing more than 65,000 secure transactions per second across millions of endpoints worldwide.
In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, and evolution of Visa's home-grown network infrastructure-as-code platform. You will work within a cross-functional Agile team, delivering high-quality, scalable software systems that support high availability, performance, and security requirements.
The OpportunityAs a
Staff Software Engineer, you will be expected to operate with a high degree of independence, responsible not only for building high-quality software, but also for influencing design decisions, engineering standards, and best practices across the team.
You will work on complex, distributed systems and automation services that are foundational to Visa's infrastructure reliability. You are expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, translate ambiguous requirements into robust technical solutions, and provide guidance to other engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring.
The Work You'll Do The Work itself - 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 infrastructure management products leveraging innovative technologies
- Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities
Essential Functions - Works with product owners to gather and refine requirements for one product, adding and considering existing tools and solutions across departments.
- Develops and designs moderately advanced solutions that are robust and scalable, considering integrations with other solutions across the internal technical ecosystem.
- Provides domain expertise on the development of user documentation of solutions and implements standard processes in user documentation.
- Plays a significant role in the development and delivery of new features within a product from end-to-end.
- Uses AI-powered tools to improve coding, debugging, testing, documentation, and refactoring while maintaining engineering rigor.
The Skills You Bring - Energy and Experience: A growth mindset that is curious and passionate about technologies and enjoys challenging projects on a global scale
- Challenge the Status Quo: Comfort in pushing the boundaries, "hacking" beyond traditional solutions
- Strong Python and Angular expertise
- Builder: Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability
- Learner: Constant drive to learn new technologies
- Partnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams
- Experience using AI-powered tools to improve coding, debugging, testingand refactoring
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
QualificationsBasic Qualifications• 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 Qualifications- Knowledge of and ability to develop front-end code (e.g. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) in support of package and product development. This includes the extension of capabilities of packages and products.
- The ability to select the "best available" values of some objective function to improve the functional effectiveness of web browsers.
- Knowledge of user interface design, which is the interaction where users and computers interact. This includes an understanding of how to provide an optimal industrial design experience through User Interface (UI) Design.
- Knowledge of and ability to develop back-end Python code in support of package and product development. This includes the extension of capabilities of packages and products.
- The ability to develop and utilize Application Program Interfaces (APIs), a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications that specify how software components should interact and are used when programming graphical user interface (GUI) components. An API may be for a web-based system, operating system, database system, computer hardware, or software library.
- Knowledge of and the ability to use database software (e.g., applications, web-based applications, information systems) to maintain, modify, and output data.
- Knowledge of systems integration process in which separately produced components or subsystems are combined and problems in their interactions are addressed.
- Knowledge of data structures, which consist of data organization, management, and storage formats that enable efficient access and modifications. This includes a collection of data values, the relationships among them, and the functions or operations that can be applied to the data.
U.S. Applicants OnlyThe estimated salary range for this position is $131,600.00 to $ 210,300.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.
Work HoursVaries upon the needs of the department.
Travel RequirementsThis position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
Mental/Physical RequirementsThis position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
