Staff SW Engineer

Visa•Austin, TX

21h•$131,600 - $210,300•Hybrid

About The Position

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. We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to help design and deliver key platform capabilities within Visa’s Intelligent Commerce ecosystem. This role focuses on building scalable backend services, APIs, and platform components that power merchant integrations and intelligent commerce experiences. You will work closely with engineers, product managers, and architects to develop high-quality solutions while contributing hands-on throughout the software development lifecycle. This is a hands-on technical role requiring strong software engineering fundamentals, system design experience, and a passion for building reliable, scalable systems.

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.
8+ years of experience building scalable distributed systems
Strong proficiency in Java and/or Python
Experience with microservices, REST APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD
Knowledge of cloud-native application development
Experience designing and supporting production systems
Exposure to AI-enabled systems, intelligent platforms, or large-scale commerce experiences
Strong software engineering and coding expertise
Solid system design and troubleshooting skills
Ability to deliver features independently
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Ownership mindset and operational excellence
Passion for mentoring peers and improving engineering practices.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with React or Angular is a plus

Responsibilities

Design and develop scalable backend services, APIs, and platform capabilities supporting Intelligent Commerce products
Build cloud-native applications using modern microservices architectures
Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to architecture decisions within your domain
Translate business and product requirements into robust technical implementations
Deliver high-quality software through coding, testing, debugging, and performance optimization
Contribute to system reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence
Support CI/CD pipelines and development productivity improvements
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions
Perform code reviews and uphold engineering best practices
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical skill development across the team
Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering efficiency and quality.