Staff Software Engineer

As part of the Payments Team, you'll be responsible for system development, implementation, maintenance, and support of Visa's Alternative Payments and Value Added Services systems, which enable payment processing working with acquirer financial institutions, resellers, and payments service providers globally. Through this challenging job, you'll gain experience collaborating with various parts of the business to understand system enhancement requirements, identify improvement areas, and implement system changes where needed. You'll provide rotational day time on call support for problem resolution. The product that you oversee will be of the highest quality meeting all requirements within the scheduled timeframe.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a computer(or similar) engineer with software development & design experience. Having working experience in the Payments Domain is a big advantage for us.

You are a team player, making sure that everyone on your team feels valued and is excited to work with you. Location, time pressure, distractions, none of it matters: no matter the environment, you know you can code and build amazing, high-performing, and bug-free products.

You encourage others to take risks, be bold, and innovate in order to create exceptional products that are both seamless for our clients and consumer-facing. No matter the challenge, you know you can find a solution and encourage others to think the same. You recognize when to ask for help and when to collaborate with others, working across departments and influencing in areas beyond immediate control. Above all, you are someone who takes initiative and thinks like an owner – you've defined your everywhere and lead others to find theirs all while launching Visa ahead of the game.

Why us?

Working at Visa is challenging. The problems that we face and solve and the decisions that we make affect the world. Visa is all about helping people around the world reach their Everywhere – where their personal, professional, and financial goals intersect. As the premier payments technology company, we're proud to boast that our commerce platforms touch the lives of billions all over the globe. If you have ambition, focus, and drive and are interested in joining a global team focused on changing how the world pays and is paid, you'll find yours everywhere at Visa.

Essential Functions

• Collaborate with business units and technical staff to define requirements/modifications for use in designing appropriate solutions.
• Evaluate options and provide recommendations on the scope and scale of effort required to develop solutions.
• Create design documents, code, unit/functional tests, document and implement new programs and subprograms, and enhancements, modifications, and corrections to existing software.
• Build and maintain effective relationships across functional areas to provide superior product support.
• Support and deliver on resulting initiatives from the Business Plan and Technology strategy leveraging reuse, eliminating duplicative components, architectural design, and use of innovative products.
• Use Gen AI for day-to-day activities such as code generation and test case generation. Be part of an ongoing effort to come up with innovative ideas using Gen AI; you should be able to demo ideas in detail within Payments to peers as well as to leadership to build consensus and bring ideas to the implementation stage.
• Work to ensure technology decisions are business-driven.
• Suggest and cultivate ideas on extending the current systems to new products and services.
• Must be able to understand the positioning of a solution within the company and to build consensus to effectively gain buy-in from all participants.
• Identify opportunities for further enhancements and refinements to standards, processes, and systems.
• Provide rotational daytime on-call support (once every 3 months or so) as scheduled.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate between remote and office time. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Note: Please be advised that Visa is not offering relocation assistance for this position. Candidates must be located in or willing to commute to the Atlanta, GA, area for this hybrid role.

Basic 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

• 6 or more years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Master, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
• Experience in Java language, Spring, Hibernate, Containers, Microservices, Docker, Spark, Design patterns & Kubernetes
• Experience in code development using Eclipse/MyEclipse, JetBrains IntelliJ, or any major Java IDE
• Experience in API Development using SOAP or REST, JSON, and XML
• Experience with GIT/Stash, Maven, and Jenkins
• Experience with container technologies like Docker
• Familiar with microservice design and architectural patterns
• Familiar with complex event processing and event-driven architecture
• Familiar with distributed processing and design considerations, including load balancing and distributed message processing.
• Experience with SOAPUI or Postman preferred
• Ability to solve complex software development/design issues
• Ability to write clean, coherent code following established coding guidelines
• Strong experience in CI/CD, Security, and Application integration patterns fundamentals.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to resolve critical issues for complex systems under tight timeframes using dumps and other tools.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and effective communication skills (both written and verbal) and the ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise way
• Experience developing as part of an Agile/Scrum team is preferred
• Passionate about delivering zero defect code that meets or exceeds the proposed defect SLA and have a high sense of accountability for quality and timeliness of deliverables
• Ability to deliver on multiple projects and manage priorities based on changing directions
• Highly driven, resourceful and results-oriented
• Demonstrated ability to lead and navigate through ambiguity
• Ability to understand systems from all levels, from the big picture enterprise-level view to the low
• level technical view.
• Must be able to write technical design and build documentation for all aspects of a technical infrastructure
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills.
• Ability to represent technical and business issues and solutions to multiple levels internally and externally to support strategic organizational plans.
• Experience with designing and developing solutions for highly scalable, highly available complex systems, preferably in the payment systems or other financial services industry.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This 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.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 117,700.00 to 170,600.00 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.