Senior Staff Engineer Risk

Visas Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce.   We operate the worlds 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 youll 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.     

The Opportunity

We are looking for a versatile curious and energetic Software Engineer who embraces solving complex challenges on a global scale. In this role 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.   

As part of the US Engineering Department at Visa A2A Payments and Open Banking youll be responsible for developing implementation maintenance & support of A2A Payments functionality for the US. Your primary responsibility will be to build out a risk platform to help manage fraud and credit risk from Open Banking. Through this challenging job youll gain experience collaborating with various parts of the business in understanding requirements for enhancements identifying areas of improvement and implementing changes to the system or processes where needed. This role demands a deep understanding of risk modelling data analytics and software engineering best practices. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of building sophisticated risk assessment tools and a passion for driving technology innovation in the financial services sector. 

Responsibilities 

• Work with high load systems with high uptime requirements including on-call shifts  

• Work with Visas technologies: Java PHP NodeJS AWS Kubernetes Docker SQL Datadog and much more  

• Lead the design and implementation of risk engineering processes for open banking systems 

• Lead the end-to-end design and architecture of a new risk engine ensuring it meets the highest standards of scalability reliability and performance 

• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies frameworks and tools to build the risk engine 

• Implement advanced algorithms and data models to accurately assess and manage financial risks 

• Integrate the risk engine with existing systems and data sources to ensure seamless operation 

• Develop and refine risk assessment models using statistical and machine learning techniques 

• Ensure the risk engine is optimized for performance capable of handling large volumes of data and complex computations in real-time 

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers fostering a culture of innovation and excellence 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align risk engineering efforts with business objectives and technology strategies. 

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

Qualifications :

We are looking for a versatile curious and energetic Software Engineer who embraces solving complex challenges on a global scale. In this role 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.   

As part of the US Engineering Department at Visa A2A Payments and Open Banking youll be responsible for developing implementation maintenance & support of A2A Payments functionality for the US. Your primary responsibility will be to build out a risk platform to help manage fraud and credit risk from Open Banking. Through this challenging job youll gain experience collaborating with various parts of the business in understanding requirements for enhancements identifying areas of improvement and implementing changes to the system or processes where needed. This role demands a deep understanding of risk modelling data analytics and software engineering best practices. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of building sophisticated risk assessment tools and a passion for driving technology innovation in the financial services sector. 

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time