Sr. Software Engineer Backend (Java, Kafka)
- Full-time
- Job Family Group: Engineering and Technology
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
This role will be working in the NRTDS (Near Real Time Delivery System) team. Come make an immediate impact as we ramp up to tackle a new set of fun and fulfilling challenges. We are looking for a passionate and self-motivated individual with excellent software engineering skills and expertise in Java, Kubernetes and/or Kafka. We are a backend team that leverages our engineers’ skillsets to put them in a position to succeed. The candidate will be involved in hands-on activities including POCs, design, documentation, development, and testing.
Essential Functions:
- Lead the analysis, design, development, and implementation of various initiatives, with end-to-end ownership to deliver the business functionalities.
- Design, develop and maintain mission-critical and sophisticated systems, delivering high-availability and performance.
- Develop high quality code, participate in code reviews, and mentor junior developers to ensure the features are delivered on time.
- Have a passion for delivering zero defect code and be responsible for ensuring the team's deliverables meet or exceed the prescribed defect SLA.
- Coordinate and participate in Continuous Integration activities, automation frameworks for testing and deployments etc. in addition to contributing to core product code.
- Interact with both business and technical stakeholders to deliver high quality products and services that meet business requirements and expectations while applying the latest available tools and technology.
- Present technical solutions, capabilities, and features in business terms.
- Effectively communicate status, issues, and risks in a precise and timely manner.
- Actively evaluate and communicate the trade-offs between short-term and long-term solutions.
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
- 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience.
- 2+ years of experience with Java
Preferred Qualifications
- 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
- Proficiency and 4 years in Java programming languages an technology.
- Understanding of Cloud Based Technologies, preferable Google Cloud.
- Familiar with: Vert.x
- Experience with Containerized technologies: Docker Kubernetes
- Solid understanding of software engineering concepts and methodologies
- Highly driven, resourceful and results oriented
- Strong ability to lead or drive a project from the beginning to the end with sufficient understanding of the goal.
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 100,200.00 to 127,800.00 USD, 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. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.By clicking the link above or any third-party link within this posting, you are leaving this site and going to a third-party website where the third-party website's terms and privacy policy apply