Senior Design Technologist, San Francisco Innovation Center
- Full-time
- Job Family Group: Product Development
Company Description
Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.
Job Description
The Senior Design Technologist will join the San Francisco
Innovation Center team where we are transforming our product development and
design process into one that demonstrates human centered design practices with
a focus on actively engaging clients in product development and co-creation.
This design leader will be part of design thinking engagements that include
ideation, iteration and testing. The engagements will be both onsite and
offsite with Visa client teams. You will contribute to driving much of Visa’s
innovation road map through applied exploration and development, reporting to
the Vice President of the San Francisco Innovation Center.
You will lead the support of projects based on human
centered design methods and work across many aspects (e.g., design, technology,
products, etc) for Visa’s client merchants, acquirers, issuers, technology
partners and end consumers. Are you comfortable with ambiguity, developing
solutions that begin with the customer and rapid iterations of prototypes to
deliver customer experiences that are simple, powerful, and extraordinary? We
believe in curiosity, creative confidence, experimentation through making
continuous learning, respectful collaboration, inclusion, empathy, resiliency
and fun! Are you a “SWAN”? – someone who is smart, bold, works-hard and is
nice?
RESPONSIBILITIES
You are passionate about design and technologies
and are constantly trying to push the boundaries of what can be done.You can rapidly build and iterate on
low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes that express design intent, using the
best and most appropriate tools and techniques, including developing functional
prototypes for proof of concepts and alpha/beta pilotsYou know the right mix of design, development
and prototyping platforms and tools, and will select the most appropriate for
the task.You understand the strengths and weaknesses of
the delivery platform, and are able to see opportunities and work around
limitations and/or challenges imposed by the platform to craft delightful experiences
for end users.Have an inquisitive interest in design and
engineering techniques and libraries including experience in building on a
technology stack that meets the needs of rapid prototyping and find a way to
communicate design with technology and never say it can’t be doneWork closely with the team and stake holders to
perform design and technology feasibility of the intended experience, while you
participate in project scoping and estimation tasks.You will be a hands-on design technology resource
for the team. You will help shape the concept and see it through to detailed
design and implementation across a variety of devices and platforms.Work with the creative team to understand and
translate the interaction design into user stories.You are comfortable with driving innovation from
both a design and technical point of view.Lead technical work of off-shore/near-shore
teams of developers to make sure that the quality of the user experience as
well as the code is consistently high.Constantly push forward into new technologies
and design to broaden your knowledgeSpread your passion for technology and design
and how it can improve consumers lives
Qualifications
- Superb communication skills. You should be able
to clearly articulate your ideas and design decisions Strong facilitator and collaborator.
Experience working hands-on with developers and
partners.An understanding of the Human Centered Design
process as well as user experience, user research, interaction design, and
design principlesBA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
practical experience.Experience developing web and mobile products.
Experience with point of sale terminals (POS),
EMV, tokenization, BLE, blockchainExperience integrating 3rd party application
frameworks and network services and leading implementation effortsExperience developing clean, valid and novel
mobile applicationsExperience with architecture, library and
framework development or machine learning, and vector and motion graphicsExcellent communication, project management, and
organizational skills.Please provide a link to portfolio of work
samples
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.