Software Engineer - Sr. Consultant Level, Distributed Systems (Remote)

Company Description

Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and engineers in 2016, Pismo is a technology company that provides a comprehensive processing platform for banking, card issuing and financial market infrastructure and helps customers innovate and build the next generation of banking and payment solutions. Pismo joined Visa in 2024.

Leveraging Visa’s solutions, our core platform, and an expanding suite of capabilities, Pismo addresses the technological challenges that large banks, marketplaces, and fintech companies face in migrating from legacy systems to more advanced technology in the market. Pismo’s cloud-based platform empowers firms to build and launch financial products rapidly, scaling as they grow to have a broader audience while keeping high security and availability standards.

Pismo’s 500+ employees are located in more than 10 countries around the world.

Job Description

The Sr Consultant Level Engineer's main focus is to guarantee that all implementations in which the employee is participating or developing are following the best solution possible for that problem and that the solution can scale indefinitely and doesn’t have any integrity problems. 

What you'll do

-Ensure that the systems with which the employee participates or develops can scale indefinitely and it doesn’t have any integrity problems
-Ensure that the staff engineering guidelines and standards is being applied to the current systems
-Help other software engineers in any implementation
-Identify possible flaws that are present in the current system that were not yet discovered by the teams
-Often Participate in implementations that are cross squads
-Leads architectural system designs on the most complex systems
-Can understand the context of multiple different work streams, and offer effective technical advice and support for those workstreams while still maintaining excellent velocity
-Demonstrates high product awareness for areas of the business they are working with
-Understands the importance of product-market fit and works closely with product leadership to ensure we’re making the right decisions across one or more squads
-Regularly challenges their team or area to have a greater sense of urgency for company priorities. Steps up to lead when required
-Able to proactively propose strategy for engineering within their Collective /Discipline, and knows how to effectively get buy in and move this forward
This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications
9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
Live in the US
Experience with Backend Languages, such as Golang or Java/Groovy
Cloud, Event-driven, Distributed race condition, Distributed Transactions
Desirable experience with observability/metrics, Openapi, Load Testing, Terraform, Devops, Financial Experience,

Additional Information

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 127,300 to 230,900 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.