Staff SW Engineer

Visa
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 146,200 - 233,700 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Cross-functional collaboration","Code review","Problem-solving","Communication"]

Lead the design and delivery of complex, large-scale software systems for Visa’s fintech platform. Spend most of your time hands-on with coding, prototyping, architecture, and code reviews, while also driving technical leadership and engineering excellence. Partner across engineering management, product, architects, data scientists, compliance, and operations to resolve ambiguity, raise the engineering bar, and improve reliability through testing, monitoring, and incident response.

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Staff SW Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead the design and delivery of complex, large-scale software systems for Visa’s fintech platform. Spend most of your time hands-on with coding, prototyping, architecture, and code reviews, while also driving technical leadership and engineering excellence. Partner across engineering management, product, architects, data scientists, compliance, and operations to resolve ambiguity, raise the engineering bar, and improve reliability through testing, monitoring, and incident response.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Translate functional requirements into system designs and communicate component interactions aligned to business needs and timelines.
  • •Design and develop product components, refine code plans, and lead design reviews to ensure completeness and requirements adherence.
  • •Lead by example to create, implement, and maintain extensible reusable code; drive code quality using metrics and best practices.
  • •Create complex test plans, identify test gaps, address defects, and use data analysis/monitoring to detect patterns and issues.
  • •Respond to incidents during on-call, troubleshoot complex problems, and build developer tools to support programs and applications.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,200 - 233,700 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeaveLife InsuranceWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 2+ years with an advanced degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or 0 years with a PhD, or 8+ years relevant experience.
  • •Experience in software engineering (or directly related field).
  • •Experience developing full stack and/or web-based or mobile applications using AI tools.
  • •Experience leading in a role with or without direct reports.
  • •Experience in code review, testing (including test plan creation), and debugging/troubleshooting.
Experience:5+ yearsFintech
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Technical leadershipCross-functional collaborationCode reviewProblem-solvingCommunication
Tech Stack:GitHub CopilotChatGPTClaudeCloud-native servicesAutomation frameworksContainer-based technologies

Company Brief

Visa
Global payments technology company that operates the VisaNet electronic payments network, facilitating credit, debit and digital transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 1958
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