Sr. Database Engineer- Distributed SQLClickhouseStarRocks

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 at Visa 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 Senior Database Engineer to join our team of passionate and dedicated engineers. This role will primarily focus on Distributed SQL database technologies such as ClickHouse and StarRocks.

The Database Engineering team is part of the Platform as a Service (PaaS) group under the Operations and Infrastructure (O&I) division which delivers operationally excellent open system database infrastructure and services both on premise (private cloud) and in public cloud.  We design engineer and build reliable scalable secure highly available and cost-effective database infrastructure solutions for our product development partners. The team also provides Level 3 database support for any operational issues and serves as the next level escalation for the Database Reliability Engineering team. This is a global team spread across multiple locations in different time zones.

The Work itself:

The work involves designing implementing and managing our database systems both on premise and in public cloud environments. Ansible automation scripts for DB provisioning and life cycle management. Build and deploy Infrastructure as Code to manage database instances on public cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP. This role involves ensuring high availability performance security and scalability of our databases.

This role is expected to collaborate closely with Product development and other partners in Operations and Infrastructure like Compute Storage Network and Middleware Engineering teams.

Essential Functions

• Design implement and manage our database systems both on premise and in public cloud environments
• Develop and maintain Ansible and Python automation scripts for DB provisioning and life cycle management.
• Build and deploy Infrastructure as Code to manage database instances on public cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP.
• Develop and implement robust backup and recovery strategies.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for database configurations procedures and policies.
• Set up and maintain database monitoring tools to ensure database health and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database related issues in a timely manner.
• Provide technical influence and database subject matter expertise tackling complex problems and identifying innovative solutions
• Work closely with cross-functional groups including product development other Infrastructure engineering teams Cybersecurity and Operations.

Visa will accept applications for this role until at least November 14th 2025.

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

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:
2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD or PhD)

Preferred Qualifications:
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)
Minimum 3 years of experience as Database Engineer with minimum 1.5 years supporting NoSQL or Distributed SQL databases
Strong understanding of RDBMS NoSQL and Distributed SQL database concepts and Architecture.
Strong understanding of various data models e.g. relational document key-value graph
Good understanding of database physical and logical replications and various high availability solutions.
Strong scripting skills with Ansible Python and Terraform
Experience with public cloud services such as AWS Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure as code (IAC)
UNIX Linux platform skills and understanding of operating system network storage and security.
Understanding and experience with Virtualization and Containerization technologies and cloud-native Architecture

Additional Information :

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.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 100000.00 to 141250.00 USD per year which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and addition this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical Dental Vision 401 (k) FSA/HSA Life Insurance Paid Time Off and Wellness Program.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time