Staff Software Engineer (Backend, Java)

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

The Acceptance Solutions Product Development team are the engineers responsible for a portfolio of products that drive diversification of Visa revenue, differentiate our network, and deliver value-added solutions across other rails. This is part of a strategy to increase total merchant value by developing solutions that address complex and emerging needs of both merchants and acquirers. Our mission is to drive the future of payment acceptance, helping our clients navigate digital commerce complexities and address an increasing need for flexibility and agility.

Are you passionate about driving innovation and making a global impact? As a member of our Acceptance Solutions Payer Interface team, you will work alongside product management, architecture, and other dynamic teams to develop and enhance our groundbreaking Kernel in the Cloud platform. Your code will be robust and designed to perform seamlessly across a variety of platforms and environments.

In this exciting role, you will lead the development of multiple applications, pioneer innovative solutions using generative AI, and explore cutting-edge technologies in the Java/J2EE space. We are looking for someone with exceptional Java development skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable services.

Join us at Visa and be part of a diverse, inclusive team that is shaping the future of payment acceptance. Your expertise will drive the next generation of digital commerce solutions, making a real difference for merchants and acquirers around the world. Embrace this opportunity to grow, innovate, and thrive with us!

Essential Functions

• Develop cutting-edge payment solutions and write robust code adhering to best development practices.
• Participate in a scrum team to execute product requirements in collaboration with architecture, product management, and other teams in an agile framework.
• Lead by example as a hands-on developer who will produce high quality, production-ready code
• Collaborate with security teams and labs to ensure code security.
• Adhere to certification programs, ensuring performance, reliability, and quality.
• Offer subject matter expertise.
• Conduct POCs for visionary initiatives using generative AI.
• Lead features while mentoring junior developers.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

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

• 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
• Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or other related fields with a minimum of 6 years of experience
• Experience with web services standards and related technologies (HTTP, Spring, XML, JSON, REST)
• Solid understanding and experience of database technologies such as SQL, JPA, and Oracle DB
• Strong foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design. (required)
• Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, source control (GIT, SVN etc) and peer code-reviews (required)
• Knowledge web and OWASP security practices
• Experience with build tools (Maven, Gradle etc)
• Experience using and implementing RESTful APIs
• Very good understanding in all phases of SDLC, security requirements, multi-tier application development, deep understanding of network protocols, test driven development, SDK development - maintenance and support
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills along with effective co