Staff Software Engineer | Decision and Fraud Management Platform

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Technology and Operations

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

The Visa Digital and Developer Platform Organization (DDP) has the mission of "Leading Visa into Digital Commerce for Everyone, Everywhere." DDP team is responsible for architecture, design, and development of Visa's digital and mobile products, including Secure Remote Commerce, Visa Token Services, Push Payments and Visa Digital Commerce App.

In this position, you will be part of the Decision and Fraud Management Platform Team contributing to the development of DFM backend and frontend to secure access to Visa digital solutions.  You will be a key contributor to many new upcoming features. The position is based in Austin, TX, USA.

Key Responsibilities

·       Working closely with engineering leads, engineers, product manager, architects and client support teams, lead product development throughout the entire development cycle. This role requires logical thinking, possesses a breadth of knowledge on applying technology, quick troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

·       Consistently apply sound engineering practices leading to improved business outcomes.

·       Mentor team members. Conducts project level design reviews and guides the team through adjustments if necessary.

·       Work closely with product owners, architects, and product managers to drive and/or facilitate feature/user story grooming, functional and technical specifications, workflow designs, use cases and process re-engineering. Provide necessary solution architecture and design artifacts on time.

·       Stay abreast of emerging technologies and proactively assess and evaluate the adoption thereof into the organization

·       Perform proof of concepts and other technical evaluations on new technologies, designs, and solutions.

·       Be flexible to accommodate cross-region team development/collaboration and address urgent production issues.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

·       BS degree in computer science or other related fields with a minimum 6 years of experience in Java and Clojure/Lisp -OR-
MS degree in computer science or other related fields with a minimum 6 years of experience in Java and Clojure/Lisp.

·       Track record of delivering scalable applications and production-ready code.

·       Solid understanding of concepts in Expert Systems.

·       Solid understanding of database technologies including SQL, JPA.

Preferred Qualifications

·       9 or more years of relevant work experience with a bachelor’s degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD)

·       Proven analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to respond resourcefully to new demands, priorities, and challenges.

·       Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and leadership skills along with effective communication (both written and verbal) skills.

·       Ability to present ideas precisely and convey development concepts related to network, application, and systems - to both technical and non-technical audiences.

·       Strong teamwork-focus and the ability to foster collaboration within and across teams and across geographies.

·       Passionate about learning and taking on new initiatives; and takes pride in delivering quality software.

·       Experience with a Rules Engine (Drools).

·       Experience with Code Quality Governance related tools (Sonar, Checkmarx, etc.)

·       Usage of Git, Maven, Hibernate, Kafka, Hazelcast, and building web UIs.

·       Experience with development tools such as IntelliJ, JMeter, Git, Maven, and Splunk

Additional Information

Visa has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees and visitors. As a condition of employment, all employees based in the U.S. are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved or as otherwise required by law.

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.

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