Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack

Visa•Austin, TX

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters — to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you. 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 everyday people. While working with us you’ll get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms.

Requirements

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.
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.
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
BS degree in computer science or other related fields with a minimum 7 years of experience in Java and web service development OR MS degree in computer science or other related fields with a minimum 5 years of experience in Java and web service development.
Hands-on experience with Node.js and NPM for modern UI development and dependency management.
Tracked records of delivering scalable applications.
In-depth knowledge in web services standards and related technologies, REST API, Microservices, Containers.
Solid understanding of database technologies including SQL, JPA.
Strong foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to respond resourcefully to new demands, priorities, and challenges.
Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and leadership skills along with effective communication (both written and verbal) skills.
Ability to present ideas precisely and convey development concepts related to network, application, and systems to both technical and non technical audiences.
Strong teamwork-focus and the ability to foster collaboration within and across teams and across geographies.
Passionate about learning and taking on new initiatives and takes pride in delivering quality software.
Proficiency with Agile Development Techniques

Nice To Haves

Experience in Web development is a plus
Experience in Identity solutions like oAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, security tokens (JWS, JWE, access token, id token) or other IAM is a big plus.

Responsibilities

Working closely with engineering leads, engineers, product manager, architects and client support teams, one should lead product development throughout the entire development cycle. This role requires logical thinking, possesses a breadth of knowledge on applying technology, quick troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
Lead and contribute to AI‑enabled features and capabilities, applying data‑driven and intelligent solutions to improve product functionality and user experience
Drive UI initiatives by translating backend services and business logic into intuitive, scalable, and high‑quality user interfaces
Consistently apply sound engineering practices leading to improved business outcomes
Mentor team members. Conducts project level design reviews and guides the team through adjustments if necessary
Work closely with product owners, architects, and product managers to drive and facilitate feature, user story grooming, functional and technical specifications, workflow designs and use cases.
Provide necessary solution architecture and design artifacts on time
Stay abreast of emerging technologies and proactively assess and evaluate the adoption thereof into the organization
Perform proof of concepts and other technical evaluations on new technologies, designs, and solutions
Be flexible to accommodate cross region team development time and address urgent production issues