Staff Software Engineer

Visa•Austin, TX

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Pismo Organization at Visa is looking for Versatile, curious, and energetic Software Engineers who embrace solving complex challenges on a global scale. As a Visa Software Engineer, you will be an integral part of a multi-functional development team inventing, designing, building, and testing software products that reach a truly global customer base. While building components of powerful payment technology, you will get to see your efforts shaping the digital future of monetary transactions.

Requirements

5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors 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
Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
Strong design and coding skills with GoLang
Solid knowledge and understanding of REST API’s.
Solid knowledge of AWS Services or other Cloud Players
Knowledge of the Microservices Design Patterns
Knowledge of Distributed transactions and Race Conditions
Familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker
Solid knowledge with unit tests and integrity tests
Solid knowledge and understanding of Agile and Test-Driven Development(TDD) methodologies.
Strong analytical skills with excellent problem-solving ability.
Ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise way.

Nice To Haves

Be based in the US
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
6 or more years of work experience, Bachelors degree, OR 3+ years of relevant work experience
Familiarity with SQS, SNS, Event Bridge, Kafka, Redis, or NoSQL datastores is a plus.
Practical experience with database technologies such as MySQL and NoSQL (DynamoDB and MongoDB)
Knowledge of Unix/Linux and working in a shell environment.
Experience/knowledge with Continuous Integration & Development and automation tools such as Jenkins, CodeFresh, ArgoCD, Artifactory, Git etc.

Responsibilities

Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visa’s internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability
Collaborate multi-functionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings
Actively contribute to product quality improvements, valuable service technology, and new business flows in diverse agile squads
Develop robust and scalable products intended for a myriad of customers including end-user merchants, b2b, and business to government solutions.
Leverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later Technology
Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities