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Visa’s Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce. We operate the world’s most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants, 15k Financial Institutions, and billions of everyday people. While working with us you’ll get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for Versatile, curious, and energetic Software Engineers who embrace solving complex challenges on a global scale. As a Visa Software Engineer, you will be an integral part of a multi-functional development team inventing, designing, building, and testing software products that reach a truly global customer base. While building components of powerful payment technology, you will get to see your efforts shaping the digital future of monetary transactions.

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
Collaborates with stakeholders on project requirements, incorporates feedback, guides juniors, verifies assumptions, escalates design issues, clarifies timelines, understands team's solutions, and communicates potential risks.
Designs product components following guidance, refines code plans, contributes to design documentation, and understands non-functional requirements using provided designs.
Participates in project estimation, escalates potential delays, and collaborates with team members for solution delivery.
Mentors others, develops maintainable code for a product, applies coding and security best practices, uses debugging tools for issue prevention, participates in code reviews, screens for coding patterns, and addresses pull requests requiring technical knowledge.
Leads and mentors in creating reusable code, applies metrics for code quality, ensures code security, uses debugging tools, identifies automation opportunities, leads code reviews, applies best practices in code review, and handles complex pull requests requiring technical knowledge.
Creates complex test plans to identify and resolve defects, prioritizes necessary tests, identifies test gaps and risks, proactively identifies and contains software defects, and summarizes findings from testing teams to share with stakeholders.
Leverages software developer tools for code maintenance, identifies useful tools for product creation, stays aware of tools outside areas of expertise, and invests in staying current with training resources to improve product performance.
Builds and enhances developer tools to support code creation and maintenance, identifies useful tools for product creation, seeks new knowledge on trends and technical solutions to improve product performance, and recommends resources to other engineers.

Essential Functions:

Demonstrates relevant technical working knowledge to understand requirements.
Identifies and contributes to the development and solution strategies to team members that improve the design and functionality of interface features across one or more project features, under minimal guidance.
Applies standard processes on the use of programming languages (e.g. HTML, C++, Java) to write code that fulfills website modification requests and technical requirements.
Collaborates with others to support the piloting of new technology capabilities and features that enhance the user website experience across e-commerce products.
Analyzes bugs for simple issues and applies debugging tools to verify assumptions.

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
Language Expertise: Expertise in one or more general development languages (e.g., Java, C#, C++)
Builder: Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability
Learner: Constant drive to learn new technologies such as Angular, React, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
Partnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams

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

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What You Should Know About Staff SW Engineer, Visa

As a Staff Software Engineer at Visa in Ashburn, you’ll become a key player in a vibrant community of innovators and problem solvers who are transforming the future of commerce. Working with the world’s most advanced processing networks, you’ll tackle complex distributed systems and large-scale challenges that span new payment flows and cyber security measures. This role is perfect for versatile and energetic engineers who are eager to make an impact on a global scale. Here, your work will directly influence technologies that touch the lives of 40% of the world’s population! By collaborating with cross-functional teams, you’ll design, develop, and test cutting-edge software solutions, all while shaping Visa’s standards for scalability and security. Your days will be filled with coding, mentoring junior engineers, managing project timelines, and even finding opportunities for automation. With the freedom to innovate, you'll utilize languages like Java and C++, participate in code reviews, and apply your deep understanding of software development processes. The hybrid work model means you get a balanced experience between collaboration in the office and flexibility at home, enhancing your ability to innovate. Join us at Visa and be part of the digital future of monetary transactions. Your journey as a Staff Software Engineer starts here—let's build something amazing together!

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What are the key responsibilities of a Staff Software Engineer at Visa?

The key responsibilities of a Staff Software Engineer at Visa include designing and developing software systems, collaborating with stakeholders to refine project requirements, mentoring junior engineers, and conducting code reviews. You will also build complex test plans, apply coding best practices, and help enhance developer tools, all aimed at delivering scalable solutions that impact a vast global audience.