Backend Senior Software Engineer

About Us

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.

Job Description

We are looking for dedicated, 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. Your work will shape the digital future of monetary transactions.

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.
• Provide opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates relevant technical working knowledge to understand requirements.
• Identifies and contributes to development and solution strategies to team members that improve the design and functionality of interface features across one or more project features, under minimal guidance.
• Applies standard processes on the use of programming languages (e.g. HTML, C++, Java) to write code that fulfills website modification requests and technical requirements.
• Collaborates with others to support the piloting of new technology capabilities and features that enhance the user website experience across e‑commerce products.
• Analyzes bugs for simple issues and applies debugging tools to verify assumptions.

Technical Skills

• Energy and Experience: A growth mindset that is curious and passionate about technologies and enjoys challenging projects on a global scale.
• Challenge the Status Quo: Comfort in pushing the boundaries and “hacking” beyond traditional solutions.
• Language Expertise: Expertise in one or more general development languages (e.g., Java, C#, C++).
• Builder: Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability.
• Learner: Constant drive to learn new technologies such as Angular, React, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Partnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev‑ops, and Agile/Scrum teams.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field. OR
• Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum two (2) years of experience in a directly related field.
• OR Minimum five (5) years of directly related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of and ability to develop front‑end code (e.g. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) in support of package and product development.
• The ability to select the “best available” values of some objective function to improve the functional effectiveness of web browsers.
• Knowledge of user interface design, which is the interaction where users and computers interact, including an understanding of how to provide an optimal industrial design experience through UI Design.
• Knowledge of and ability to develop back‑end (e.g. Python, Java, C++, PHP) code in support of package and product development.
• The ability to develop and use Application Program Interfaces (APIs), a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications that specify how software components should interact.
• Knowledge of and the ability to use database software (e.g., applications, web‑based applications, information systems) to maintain, modify, and output data.
• Knowledge of systems integration process in which separately produced components or subsystems are combined and problems in their interactions are addressed.
• Knowledge of data structures, which consist of data organization, management, and storage formats that enable efficient access and modifications.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

Visa is not offering relocation assistance for this role. The position requires at least 3 days in office, with expectations to be confirmed by the Hiring Manager.

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.

EEO Statement

Visa is an equal‑employment-opportunity 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 the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.