Sr. SW Engineer in Test (Payments) – Manual Testing, Test Automation (C#.NET and REXX)

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 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.   

The Work itself: 

Roles And Responsibilities:

1) Manual Testing (nearly 60% of the work time):

Design and develop comprehensive test plans and test cases from business requirements and conceptual documents for the application changes and efficiently execute the same across all functional areas products and solutions. Test code manually as well as utilize test automation suites to enable the team to be more efficient and effective. Analyze and report test results to Development and Product teams. Collaborate and work with Development System Architecture and Product teams to analyze debug and resolve design or code issues. Be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the SDLC. Report project status highlight risks and issues to Project Managers and Management also provide solutions and options. Implement standard processes tools and metrics to deliver large-scale projects from inception to conclusion that meet quantifiable business objectives. Maintain appropriate vendor partner relationships and internal service level agreements to facilitate daily workflow. Coordinate and support integration end-to-end testing with peer Test Engineering groups to ensure seamless code releases. Maintain test environments and contribute to other VIP Test Engineering daily activities.

2) Test Automation (nearly 40% of the work time):

Contribute to all phases of the SDLC including requirements gathering creating design documents coding and unit testing technical documentation till production implementation. The product developed should be of the highest quality meeting all requirements within the scheduled timeframe. Comprehensive knowledge of programming and strong ability to code using legacy languages (VM / REXX) open systems technologies (C# / .NET) and databases. Ideate and use innovative approaches to accommodate tight schedules and resource constraints by building and implementing scalable reusable test automation frameworks. Marshall industry standard coding design patterns and best practices within Visa. Suggest and cultivate ideas on the extension of the current test tools and frameworks to new products and services. Coordinate and collaborate with VIP Test Engineering (VIP TE) stakeholders technical leads and staff members across geographies to define requirements / modifications for use in designing appropriate test tools frameworks and solutions. Evaluate options and provide recommendation on scope and scale of effort required to develop such solutions. Proactively assess emerging technologies and evaluate the adoption thereof into the organization. Conduct POCs for technology and tools evaluation to ensure they are good fit for Visas requirements.

**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 didnt 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
1)2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree OR 5 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications
1)3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD)
2)Must have 4 - 7 years of relevant work experience or an equivalent mix of work and project experience in the Electronic Payments domain both in manual testing and test automation (aka test tools development / maintenance).
3)Knowledge of ISO 8583 ISO 20022 SOAP / XML JSON etc. messages will be required.
4)In-depth understanding of SDLC and STLC development and test engineering processes and methodologies.
5)Familiarity with RESTful APIs SOAP UI hands-on experience on Tokenization Push Payments Chip EMV etc. will be an added advantage.
6)Preferably 3 years of experience in
a)TPF (Mainframe) VM/CMS VM/VPARS etc.
b)IBM S/390 Assembler/HLASM C/C IBM TPF Toolkit and associated debugger DB2 etc.
7)Should be proficient using various tools such as Jira SharePoint Wiki and Jenkins etc.
8)Preference will be given to applicants who have strong coding skills in any programming language (such as C / C# / JAVA etc.) and can deftly contribute to Test Automation in addition to Manual Testing.
9)Knowledge of VM / REXX programming (including PIPE) SQL / Databases (must have ability to write and execute SQL queries to validate data) will be a huge plus.
10)Candidates having practical knowledge of source code management products (version control repository) such as GitHub TFS etc. CI/CD tools such as Jenkins etc. will be preferred.
11)Should have good problem solving analytical and technical troubleshooting skills. Be able to thrive in a self-motivated internal-innovation driven environment.
12)Ability to be flexible and work well with a globally distributed team in a high-performance organization. Proven willingness and desire to learn new skills and take on new tasks and initiatives.
13)Ability to work independently with limited direction in a complex environment to drive delivery of solutions and meet service levels. Should be process oriented and possess good planning and self-organizational skills.
14)With active engagement collaboration effective communication quality integrity and reliable delivery develop and maintain a trusted and valued relationship with the team management customers and technology partners.

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