Staff Software Engineer

In this role,you willcontributeto the design, development, and evolution ofVisa’shome-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 aStaffSoftware Engineer, youwill beexpected 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

The Work itself

Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visa’s internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability

Collaborate multi-functionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings

Actively contribute to product quality improvements, valuable service technology, and new business flows in diverse agile squads

Develop robust and scalable infrastructure management products leveraging innovative technologies

Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities

Essential Functions

Works with product owners to gather and refine requirements for one product, adding and considering existing tools and solutions across departments.

Develops and designs moderately advanced solutions that are robust and scalable, considering integrations with other solutions across the internal technical ecosystem.

Provides domain expertise on the development of user documentation of solutions and implements standard processes in user documentation.

Plays a significant role in the development and delivery of new features within a product from end-to-end.

Uses AI‑powered tools to improve coding, debugging, testing, documentation, and refactoring while maintaining engineering rigor.

The Skills You Bring

Energy and Experience: A growth mindset that is curious and passionate about technologies and enjoys challenging projects on a global scale

Challenge the Status Quo: Comfort in pushing the boundaries, “hacking” beyond traditional solutions

Strong Pythonand Angularexpertise

Builder: Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability

Learner: Constant drive to learn new technologies

Partnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams

Experience using AI‑powered tools to improve coding, debugging, testingand refactoring

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your 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 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.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of and ability to develop front-end code (e.g. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) in support of package and product development. This includes the extension of capabilities of packages and products.

The ability to select the "best available" values of some objective function to improve the functional effectiveness of web browsers.

Knowledge of user interface design, which is the interaction where users and computers interact. This includes an understanding of how to provide an optimal industrial design experience through User Interface (UI) Design.

Knowledge of and ability to develop back-endPythoncode in support of package and product development. This includes the extension of capabilities of packages and products.

The ability to develop and utilize Application Program Interfaces (APIs), a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications that specify how software components should interact and are used when programming graphical user interface (GUI) components. An API may be for a web-based system, operating system, database system, computer hardware, or software library.

Knowledge of and the ability to use database software (e.g., applications, web-based applications, information systems) to maintain, modify, and output data.

Knowledge of systems integration process in which separately produced components or subsystems are combined and problems in their interactions are addressed.

Knowledge of data structures, which consist of data organization, management, and storage formats that enable efficient access and modifications. This includes a collection of data values, the relationships among them, and the functions or operations that can be applied to the data.

U.S. Applicants Only

The estimated salary range for this position is $131,600.00 to $ 210,300.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.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.

Work Hours

Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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 protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.