Staff SW Engineer

About Us Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Job Description Visa’s Technology Organization is a global community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce. We operate one of the world’s most sophisticated data center and network platforms, capable of processing more than 65,000 secure transactions per second across millions of endpoints worldwide. In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, and evolution of Visa’s home-grown network infrastructure-as-code platform. You will work within a cross‑functional Agile team, delivering high‑quality, scalable software systems that support high availability, performance, and security requirements.

The Opportunity As a Staff Software Engineer , you will be expected to operate with a high degree of independence, responsible not only for building high‑quality software, but also for influencing design decisions, engineering standards, and best practices across the team. You will work on complex, distributed systems and automation services that are foundational to Visa’s infrastructure reliability. You are expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, translate ambiguous requirements into robust technical solutions, and provide guidance to other engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring.

The Work You’ll Do Ownership & Design Take end‑to‑end ownership of features and services, from design and implementation through deployment and lifecycle support. Contribute to and influence system architecture, API design, and technology choices , ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and resilient. Participate actively in code reviews and design discussions , providing thoughtful feedback and driving alignment with engineering best practices. Software Development Design, develop, test, and maintain high‑volume, low‑latency, highly available applications using modern full‑stack technologies. Implement RESTful services and backend components using Python‑based frameworks (e.g., Flask, RESTPlus) and integrate with internal and third‑party APIs. Build and evolve responsive, production‑grade user interfaces using modern frontend frameworks such as Angular or React. Develop software that adheres to Visa’s security, quality, performance, and maintainability standards . Delivery & Operations Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated delivery processes using tools such as Git, Jenkins, and containerized environments (Docker). Support production systems, participate in incident resolution, and contribute to continuous improvements in stability and operational excellence. Collaborate with peers across Global Network Engineering and Visa Technology teams to ensure smooth integration and delivery. Proactively identify technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and reliability gaps, and drive solutions to address them. Collaboration & Influence Work closely with Product, Architecture, SRE, Security, and QA teams to translate business and platform requirements into technical solutions. Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers through pairing, reviews, and knowledge sharing. Influence team‑level and org‑level engineering best practices , including observability, resiliency, and automation.

The Skills You Bring Strong hands‑on experience in full‑stack development , including: Backend: Python , REST APIs, JSON, Flask/RESTPlus Frontend: JavaScript, HTML5, Angular or React

Experience working with relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and data security concepts. Solid understanding of software design patterns , data structures, and object‑oriented design principles. Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines , version control systems, and Agile development practices. Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex systems and debug production issues. Experience integrating third‑party APIs . Experience integrating AI/ML or Generative AI capabilities into production software systems Experience using AI‑powered tools to improve coding, debugging, testing,

Additional Information This position is a hybrid role . In‑office expectations will be confirmed by the hiring manager.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. Qualifications

Basic Qualifications 5+ years of relevant professional software engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience with an advanced degree. Proven ability to independently deliver production‑quality software in a complex, enterprise environment. Preferred Qualifications Experience working on highly available infrastructure‑focused systems. Prior experience mentoring engineers or acting as a technical lead on projects. Familiarity with observability, resiliency engineering, and automation in distributed systems.

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.