Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Hybrid/Onsite)

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

• Work on emerging technologies, building highly scalable, secure, reliable and fault tolerant distributed systems

• Collaborate with project team members (Product Managers, Architects, Analysts, Software Engineers, Project Managers, etc.) to ensure development and implementation of new data driven business solutions.

• Drive development effort End-to-End for on-time delivery of high quality solutions that conform to requirements, conform to the architectural vision, and comply with all applicable standards. 

• Collaborate with senior technical staff and PM to identify, document, plan contingency, track and manage risks and issues until all are resolved

• Present technical solutions, capabilities, considerations, and features in business terms.

• Effectively communicate status, issues, and risks in a precise and timely manner.

• Partner with Product on implementation strategy.

• Participate in design and code review sessions as appropriate, to ensure the quality of work delivered by self and teammates are in accordance with development standards

• Find opportunities to create, automate and scale repeatable analyses or build self-service tools for business users

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

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 Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD in Computer Science or related technical field
• 6+ years of experience with architecting and developing distributed systems including analysis and design
• Expertise in using at least one of the following general purpose programming languages: Java, Scala, Python
• 6+ years of industry experience in product companies
• Experience working with multiple database models such as Relational DBMS and Document Store
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery with a anything that can be automated should be automated mindset
• Proficiency in multi-threading, concurrency, caching, distributed messaging and distributed data storage concepts
• Strong Communication and Collaboration skills
• Minimum three (3) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports
• Experience using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and Test Automation tools
• Demonstrated ability to absorb, and understand new information, technologies, and practices quickly
• At least 1 years experience with container strategies and ecosystems such as Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience writing code in multiple programming language paradigms such as Object Oriented Programming and Functional Programming
Experience in Trade Finance, Equities, Payments Processing, Wholesale Credit is a plus

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 132,300.00 to 191,800.00 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.