Senior Software Engineer

About the position

Payments has become a very hot area in the last couple of years, creating a strong demand for innovation. This will be a very exciting area in the next 5 to 10 years. Not only is VISA a leader in the payment industry and has been for a long time, but it is also quickly transitioning into a technology company that is fostering an environment for applying the latest technology to solve exciting problems in this area. For a payment system to work well, the risk techniques, performance, and scalability are critical. These techniques and systems can benefit from big data, data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, & many other advance technologies and in VISA, we have all of these. If you want to be in the exciting payment space, learn fast, and make big impacts, Visa Protect Account to Account team within Risk & Identity group is an ideal place for you! This position is for a Senior Software Engineer with solid development experience who will focus on creating new capabilities for Risk Platform while maturing our code base and development processes. In this position, you will be a passionate and talented developer that can work in a dynamic environment as a member of Agile Scrum teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project team members (Product Managers, Architects, Software Engineers, Program Managers, etc.) to ensure development and implementation of new data driven business solutions.
• Drive development effort End-to-End for on-time delivery of high-quality solutions that conform to requirements, conform to the architectural vision, and comply with all applicable standards.
• Collaborate with senior technical staff and PM to identify, document, plan contingency, track and manage risks and issues until all are resolved.
• Present technical solutions, capabilities, considerations, and features in business terms.
• Effectively communicate status, issues, and risks in a precise and timely manner.

Requirements

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Good programming experience with either Java/Go.
• Understanding and hands-on experience implementing microservices.
• Experience with using Core Java, JEE technologies, REST, and Spring.
• Understanding/Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with software development on Unix/Linux environment.
• Design and implement APIs, abstractions, and integration patterns to solve challenging distributed computing problems.
• Ensure proper logging/metrics instrumentation in software components, to help facilitate real time and remote troubleshooting/performance monitoring.
• Experience with Java, GitHub, SQL/NoSQL, Kafka, and Bitbucket.
• Experience with Git.
• Experience with Agile development process.
• Experience in working with remote teams, collaborating effectively in cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Big Data and analytics in general leveraging technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and MapReduce.
• Experience with distributed caching technologies like REDIS.
• Experience architecting solutions with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery in mind.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with effective communication (both written and verbal) skills and the ability to present complex ideas in a clear & concise way.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401 (k)
• FSA/HSA
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program