Staff SW Engineer - Backend/DevOps

Visa • Bellevue, WA

7h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Opportunity
We are looking for a talented, curious, and highly skilled Software Engineer who is passionate about building reliable, scalable, and secure systems.
In this role, you will be a senior individual contributor within a cross-functional agile team, responsible for designing, developing, and operating backend services that power Visa’s global platforms. You will contribute technical depth, support team execution, and help raise engineering standards through hands-on delivery and mentorship.
The Work Itself
Design and develop backend systems that support high-volume, mission-critical platforms serving customers worldwide.
Build scalable, resilient, and secure services aligned with Visa’s engineering standards.
Collaborate cross-functionally to create technical designs and implement high-quality solutions.
Actively contribute to product quality, reliability, and performance improvements.
Develop extensible services, APIs, and shared components.
Participate in architecture and design discussions within the product team.
Leverage modern technologies to build next-generation payment, transaction, and real-time processing systems.
Support production systems through monitoring, incident response, and continuous optimization.
Contribute to knowledge sharing and mentorship within the engineering team.

Requirements

• A growth mindset with enthusiasm for solving complex backend and systems problems.
• Experience delivering reliable services in large-scale production environments.
• Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Java, Python, C#, C++).
• Experience designing and building RESTful and event-driven APIs.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and fault tolerance.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with messaging systems, caching, and asynchronous processing.
• Proven ability to build, deploy, and operate scalable backend platforms.
• Strong debugging, performance tuning, and troubleshooting skills.
• Continuous drive to learn and adopt modern backend and cloud technologies.
• Experience collaborating with Product, QA, DevOps, and Agile teams.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively.
• 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.

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
• Master's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum three (3) years of experience in a directly related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum five (5) years of experience in a directly related field.
• Minimum eight (8) years of directly related experience.
• Experience developing enterprise-grade backend platforms and services.
• Strong knowledge of API design, service integration, and system interoperability.
• Experience working with distributed databases and data pipelines.
• Familiarity with microservices, service meshes, and container platforms.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to high-volume transactional systems or fintech platforms.
• Understanding of secure development practices and compliance standards.
• Experience participating in system design and architecture reviews.

Responsibilities

• Develop enhancements and modifications to existing backend systems using extensible and maintainable design patterns.
• Implement secure, performant, and scalable code that complies with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
• Build and maintain automation for testing, deployment, and operational workflows.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions.
• Engage in on-call rotations and incident response activities.
• Analyze system telemetry, logs, and metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
• Propose and implement targeted improvements in system performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Maintain technical documentation and contribute to operational runbooks.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level