Staff Software Engineer

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 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 Cross-border remittances and new business models e g gig economy require the ability to deploy rapid frequent payouts We are building a Technology Platform that will enable fast and ubiquitous push payments across a range of domestic and cross border use cases aiming to capture significant revenue opportunity across P2P B2SB and B2C flows and value-added services Built on the latest standards tech stack and providing open APIs this platform will help drive innovation in the entire ecosystem We value creative and driven individuals who love to own their products and design and implement solutions that create a seamless experience for consumers and clients Our developers work across the stack and are experts in service oriented architectures and technologies such as Java Java EE Spring ORM Oracle DB2 Cassandra React JS Hazelcast RabbitMQ Kafka Kubernetes and Docker As we embark on the journey to enhance the Visa Direct Payout Services technology platforms we are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who can participate in the detailed design and development activities for this product The role involves extensive hands-on activities Here are key job responsibilities Understand the Payments industry and where Visa Direct Payout Services fits in the payment s ecosystem Understand the business initiatives and their importance to the growth of Visa Direct Payout Services Develop a good understanding of the Visa Direct Payout Services technology platforms and the 3 rails of money movement - cards accounts and wallets Collaborate with product owners and technical staff globally to define requirements for new features and enhancements to the platform Evaluate technical options and provide recommendation on scope and scale of effort required to develop an end-to-end solution Manage and mentor a team of talented engineers Take ownership and lead the engineering responsibility for multiple components of the platform with a focus on security high scalability 3000 tps and six nines of availability Actively participate in defining architecture and creating solution documents consistently be hands-on with low level design writing code code review coding and unit testing activities Coordinate engineering activities across the delivery of the project and work with engineers to ensure they are delivering efficiently and to high quality standards Co-ordinate and influence business and technology partners spread across different regions to mitigate these risks Encourage ensure the team is utilize GenAI tools to enhance software development processes including code generation optimization and testing Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into existing systems and workflows Ability to identify and manage risks at all stages of the project Build a culture of engineering excellence within the team drive adoption of practices like continuous integration security code reviews code coverage code quality and shift left practices Identify opportunities for further enhancements and refinements to standards processes and systems This is a hybrid position Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager 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 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 Delivered complex projects where complexity is a function of a combination of these factors - domain knowledge distributed architecture technical stack influencing and collaborating with multiple technology partners and business partners Experience as a technical leader with ability to understand the requirements and independently architect design and resilient enterprise applications Experience of leading an engineering team of 4-6 people is a plus Proficiency in Java 8 and later Core Java memory management concurrency functional programming and experience with REST APIs JSON and exposure to container based technologies Strong understanding of generative AI models and tools such as GPT Llama and Anthropic etc and using MCP Model Context Protocol Familiarity with GenAI tools such as GitHub copilot ChatGPT Claude Copilot for Microsoft 365 and other relevant platforms Experience with Agile development incorporating Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery utilizing technologies such as GIT Maven Jenkins Chef Sonar Clover JUnit Mockito Experience with shift left practices and performance testing applications Collaborate with security team to implement and verify secure coding techniques Passion to work with people and help mentor your team to reach new heights Experience in the Payment domain is a plus Additional Information 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