Sr. SW 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. SW Engineer (multiple openings) in Foster City to:

• Work within a team to generate business insights based on big data, identify actionable recommendations and communicate the findings to clients.
• Brainstorm innovative ways to use our unique data to answer business problems.
• Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visa’s internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings.
• Actively contribute to product development and quality improvements, value added services 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.
• Work alongside others to implement modifications to existing software code that complies with design specifications and meets security best practices.
• Assist with improvements to systems and tools and support developments and implementation of new automation, asking questions if necessary.
• Engage with team members and managers during code/design reviews, participates in on-call rotations and incident responses throughout product development and operations cycles.
• Identify issues in code, processes, and designs when they are inconsistent with customer/business objectives.
• Position reports to the Foster City, California office and may allow for partial telecommuting.

Employer will accept a Master's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a software engineer-related occupation.

Position requires experience in the following skills:

• Developing back-end code using Python, Java, C++, or PHP in support of package and product development;
• Developing and utilizing Application Program Interfaces (APIs), a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications that specify how software components should interact and are used when programming graphical user interface (GUI) components;
• Performing data extraction, aggregation, and analysis, and providing visualization for dashboards and communication using Python, SQL, and Spark;
• Using database software to maintain, modify, and output data.
• Working with the systems integration process in which separately produced components or subsystems are combined and problems in their interactions are addressed; and
• Data structures, which consist of data organization, management, and storage formats that enable efficient access and modifications.

Worksite: Foster City

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.

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 $168,397.00 USD to $182,300.00 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.

If interested in the position, please reference job number REF87533O when applying through the inhouse media requisition posting, via SmartRecruiters.