Staff Software Engineer

Visa's Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce. We operate the world's most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants, 15k Financial Institutions, and billions of people globally. Working with us, you'll engage with complex distributed systems and solve large-scale problems related to new payment flows, business and data solutions, cybersecurity, and B2C platforms.

The Opportunity:

Job Description

This role is ideal for a developer and self-motivated individual with excellent software engineering skills and expertise in Java. The candidate should be a motivated self-starter and quick learner.

As a Staff Software Engineer at Visa, you will:

• Translate functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design.
• Influence strategy by helping define and build new product features and system architecture.
• Champion Agile methodologies to drive change and continuous improvement.
• Create applications at a massive scale used by millions worldwide, utilizing your design and coding skills.
• Lead architecture decisions, participate in design reviews, code reviews, and implementation activities.
• Build elegant, maintainable systems with minimal complexity.
• Promote engineering best practices across the development lifecycle and advocate for continuous improvement.
• Support Test-Driven Development and Continuous Deployment practices.

This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing employees to alternate between remote work and the office, with an expectation of working from the office 3 days a week.

• Possess a Bachelor's Degree, or an advanced degree such as a Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD.
• Have strong computer science credentials and a track record of building quality services.
• Be passionate about technology and solving complex business problems at scale.
• Have proven experience in a technical leadership role, delivering innovative and simple solutions.
• Be a self-starter with a relentless drive for change, raising the technical bar, and delivering results.
• Have expert knowledge of professional software engineering practices and full software development lifecycle.
• Be comfortable challenging norms and exploring new technologies.
• Enjoy prototyping and experimenting with new applications, as well as making solutions production-ready.
• Be passionate about nurturing talent through coaching and mentoring.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills and thrive in an agile, collaborative team environment.

Visa is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with EEOC guidelines and applicable laws.