Staff Software Engineer (7+ years, Java, Springboot)

 We build and operate the Visa Acceptance Platform (VAP)an open modular payments platform enabling acquirers PayFacs and technology partners to design and scale secure compliant and highavailability payment experiences across channels and geographies. Our services span payments processing tokenization fraud & risk management dispute management and AIpowered Service Orchestration delivered via REST APIs/SDKs and a global partner ecosystem

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: 

• Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visas internal standards for scalability security and reusability 
• Collaborate multi-functionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings 
• Actively contribute to product quality improvements valuable service technology and new business flows in diverse agile squads 
• Develop robust and scalable products intended for a myriad of customers including end-user merchants b2b and business to government solutions. 
• Leverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services Transaction Platforms Real-Time Payments and Buy Now Pay Later Technology 
• Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities 

Responsibilities:

• Design implement and evolve highly scalable and fault-tolerant distributed components using functional programming paradigm
• Experience in technically leading software engineering teams
• Design document and implement new systems as well as enhancements and modifications to existing software with code that complies with design specifications and meets security and Java best practices.
• Participate in business requirements review and build functional & technical design documentation
• Design and implement testing procedures for: APIs abstractions and integration patterns to solve challenging distributed computing problems covering end to end tests and integration scenarios.
• Participate in design reviews to provide input on functional/non-functional requirements product designs schedules or potential problems.
• Work across the team to ensure the team is predictable productive and delivering high quality.
• Review code and accountability for teams development/testing activities
• Participate in proof of concepts and other technical evaluations of new technologies

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

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

. 6 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree 

Strong proficiency in Java and the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot required)

Demonstrated experience building scalable distributed production-grade systems

Hands-on experience with eventdriven architectures using Kafka RabbitMQ or similar

Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL Oracle SQL Server) including query optimization

Experience deploying and operating services on a major cloud platform (AWS GCP or Azure)

Working knowledge of containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)

Experience with CI/CD pipelines automated testing and modern DevOps practices

Ability to lead technical projects endtoend and mentor junior engineers

Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams

Proficiency with scripting languages (Python or Shell) for automation

Familiarity with GenAI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot Aider)

Preferred Qualifications

. 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD

Experience designing multiservice architectures microservices or service mesh patterns

Strong knowledge of performance tuning observability telemetry and resilience patterns

Ability to partner closely with data engineering teams to build data-aware services

. Handson experience with Apache Spark is a strong plus

. Experience with Flink Hive or Scala in data-intensive environments is a strong 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time