Staff Software Engineer
About The Position
Visa’s Corporate Legal Technology team builds secure, scalable platforms that power global privacy, compliance, and legal operations. We design and deliver systems that support data privacy programs, legal holds, data retention, workflows, regulatory reporting, and internal and external audit needs. Our applications are critical to the trust and integrity of Visa’s brand and operations. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader who architects, builds, and scales secure services and front-end experiences supporting legal and privacy workflows. You will own complex systems end to end from requirements and solution design through implementation, automation, observability, and production reliability while mentoring engineers and partnering with legal, privacy, security, and data teams. This is a hybrid position based in Austin, TX. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
- 10 years of professional software engineering experience across the full SDLC, including design, development, testing, deployment, and operations
- Strong proficiency in Python, Flask, or FastAPI for building secure, scalable APIs
- Hands on experience with React JS, modern state management, and component driven development
- Demonstrated experience with automation and cybersecurity
- Experience with relational databases Working knowledge of NoSQL where appropriate
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and containerization
- Strong understanding of privacy and security concepts
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor others.
Nice To Haves
- 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
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and scale secure services and front-end experiences supporting legal and privacy workflows.
- Own complex systems end to end from requirements and solution design through implementation, automation, observability, and production reliability
- Mentoring engineers and partnering with legal, privacy, security, and data teams.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
