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

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.

Value Added Services - One of the youngest vertical in Visa Value Added Services is working on making transactions effortless, safe and secure. Risk and Identity Solutions - Inside VAS, RaIS provides safe and secure applications for card not present authentication.

The Senior Staff Software Backend Engineer will play a lead role in tackling the most complex technical problems within or even outside Risk and Identify Services. The Engineer is expected to be a Java, Kafka and Containerization Subject Matter Expert to help strategize, execute, and support the migration from a backend perspective. The candidate must also be an SME or have substantial experience designing and implementing solutions in GCP/AWS. The responsibilities also include gathering and clarifying requirements, facilitating communication with other groups within the organization, and guiding architectural decisions. It is an opportunity to learn, lead and work on technologies for all Value-Added Services.

Essential Functions:

• Design & Development: Architect, design, and implement scalable, high-performance Java applications and services.

• Cloud Leadership: Lead the planning, execution, and optimization of application deployments in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and oversight to engineering teams, ensuring code quality, performance, and security standards are met.

• Project Management: Drive cloud migration and deployment projects from concept to production, including infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, QA, and Product, to deliver software solutions on time and within scope.

• Mentorship: Coach and mentor junior and mid-level developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

• Best Practices: Establish and enforce coding standards, architectural principles, and deployment best practices.

• Problem Solving: Troubleshoot complex technical issues in both development and production environments.

The Skills You Bring:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).

• Experience: 8+ years of professional software development experience with a strong focus on Java (Java 8+).

• Cloud Expertise: Hands-on experience leading deployments in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

• Leadership Skills: Proven track record of leading technical projects and guiding engineering teams.

• DevOps Knowledge: Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation).

• Architecture: Experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.

• Tools & Frameworks: Strong knowledge of Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, and related Java frameworks.

• Databases: Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Soft Skills: Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in cloud platforms (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, etc.).

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, ELK Stack, CloudWatch).

• Exposure to agile methodologies and tools (Jira, Confluence).

**We do not expect that any single candidate would fulfill all of these characteristics. For instance, we have exciting team members who are really focused on building scalable systems but didn’t work with payments technology or web applications before joining Visa.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 15+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced degree
• Experience: 15+ years of professional software development experience with a strong focus on Java (Java 8+).
• Cloud Expertise: Hands-on experience leading deployments in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Leadership Skills: Proven track record of leading technical projects and guiding engineering teams.
• DevOps Knowledge: Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Architecture: Experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.
• Tools & Frameworks: Strong knowledge of Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, and related Java frameworks.
• Databases: Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Soft Skills: Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.

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.