Java Software Engineer (8-months Contract)

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa. 

Job Description

A Senior Java Engineer is a pivotal software development role, working within a cohesive cross-discipline scrum team on the product backlog. You will be working alongside developers of intermediate and senior ability, as well as other team members and consultants.

This role requires a dedication to technical excellence, not only in writing code, but also in team-collaboration, testing, documentation. Good communication skills are essential, as well as a “can-do” attitude and willingness to work across various disciplines if required.

You will be part of a team who are growing the capabilities and services in the Visa Commercial & Money Movement Solutions (CMS) business to deliver scalable and robust solutions that will take CMS solutions to more customers and users around the globe. Visa CMS is a key focus area with large growth ambitions driven by customer needs and a desire to innovate using modern cloud technologies.

Areas of Accountability -

· Develop solutions with the Spring Framework and related technologies. Participle in technical design in collaboration with other developers, architects, and UX designers.

· Peer review code.

· Follow coding style standards and guidelines.

· Use Test Driven Development techniques.

· Write unit and integration automation tests.

· Write documentation.

· Share knowledge sharing with other team members.

· Practice agile scrum methodology.

· Contribute to improving team Agile processes.

· Participate in active learning with an open mind.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. 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.

Qualifications

Key Experience

· Experience in Java EE technologies, Open-Source frameworks including Spring, React, Javascript, HTML5, and Web Services (REST/RPC).

· Experience on microservices, containerization and ability to quickly build and drive team to support future systems.

· Experience evaluating business requirements and translating them into technical designs documents.

· Experience in Design Patterns, and data modelling.

· Experience in Kafka and other No-SQL databases.

· Solid understanding and experience working with Database systems like MySQL and MSSQL.

· Good experience working on application servers like Apache Tomcat, OS platforms like UNIX, Windows and Linux.

· Experience with build automation tools including Maven/Gradle/Jenkins/Grunt.

· Exposure and good knowledge on web application security will be an added advantage.

· Experience in version Control tools: BitBucket, Git or similar.

· Experience with agile methodologies, including Scrum and DevOps.

· Good team collaboration skills and communication skills.

· Good relationship building skills.

· Open mind to learning skills and development processes.

Valuable Experience

· 8 years’ experience in professional software development

· Experience with transactional systems (e.g., banking, finance, telecommunications, etc.)

· Financial industry experience

· Ideally tertiary qualified with appropriate certifications

· Ability to navigate complexity by quickly making sense of complex issues and ambiguity by seeking to clarity and isolate into the most important elements

· Leadership experience in inspiring others to use appropriate techniques and actions to move toward higher levels of performance

· Demonstrable experience of balancing commercial and technical considerations to achieve business outcomes

· Building and running internal platforms with a Product Led mindset

· Troubleshooting and performance optimization experience, especially on production systems

· Working with enterprise distributed systems and SaaS applications

· Software delivery in regulated compliance-based environments

· Implementation of greenfield projects and evolution of legacy systems and processes

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, 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.