Sr. Data Engineer

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.

Visa Technology & Operations LLC, a Visa Inc. company, needs a Sr. Data Engineer (multiple openings) in Austin, TX to:

• Solve challenging business problems and build applications that provide an excellent user experience.
• Member of PSR development team focusing on design and building software solutions that leverage data to solve business problems.
• Design brand-new software solutions, and refactor existing functionality for performance and maintainability.
• Develop more efficient data driven solutions to customers.
• Perform analysis using data engineering skills and extensive data pipeline development experience.
• Lead hands-on data engineering activities including POCs, architecture, design, documentation, development and test of new data pipelines and feature data support for our ML/AI driven fraud detection platforms.
• Position reports to the Austin, Texas office and may allow for partial telecommuting.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a data engineer-related occupation.
• Alternative, a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
• Position requires experience gained through education and/or work experience in the following:
  • Creating data driven business solutions and solving data problems using technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Kafka, Redis, and NoSQL.
  • Writing complex/advanced SQL queries.
  • Working in a Unix/Linux environment.
  • Application development in Java, Python, or similar frameworks.
  • Automation tools such as Jenkins, Artifactory, and Git.

Worksite: Austin, TX

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Travel Requirements:  This position does not require travel.

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.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $114,754.00 USD to $171,800.00 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 location. In 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.