Staff Software Engineer | Crypto & Blockchain Technologies

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

Visa Crypto Engineering Team is building the next generation of payment products leveraging the capabilities of blockchain networks. Our focus is to build intuitive features that enable profound new value for our customers across the blockchain and cryptocurrency eco-systems. We are hiring for an experienced Software Engineer who is a proficient programmer, have experience in building highly scalable systems, and a Crypto/blockchain enthusiast.

Essential Functions:

• Be a member of a highly skilled team seeking systematic approaches to improve engineering productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of software
• Work cross-functionally with our product teams, other engineering teams, operations and infrastructure teams to design, develop and implement global products
• Write good quality code across various programming languages
• Document design tradeoffs and long-term architecture decisions
• Proven ability to design, deliver, measure, and manage highly available enterprise scale systems
• Apply various test methodologies to validate system resilience and availability through high volume use-cases

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.
• A Crypto enthusiast!

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
• Good backend programming experience using either Java or Golang
• Good experience in building scalable, high-performing distributed systems including APIs, orchestration layers, 3rd party integrations, monitoring & alerts, and high availability.
• Experience in the entire Secure Software Development Life cycle including version control, CI/CD, unit-testing and performance testing.
• Proficiency in blockchain platforms such as Ethereum, Hyperledger, or others.
• Good understanding of layer 2 scaling solutions
• Solid understanding of smart contract development and deployment.
• Experience with cryptographic protocols and security principles.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience in payments and financial services a plus.

Additional Information

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

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 119,100.00 to 154,800.00 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.