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

Visa’s Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce.   We operate the world’s most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants, 15k Financial Institutions, and billions of everyday people.   While working with us you’ll get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms.     

The Opportunity: 

We are looking for Versatile, curious, and energetic Software Engineers who embrace solving complex challenges on a global scale.  As a Visa Software Engineer, you will be an integral part of a multi-functional development team inventing, designing, building, and testing software products that reach a truly global customer base. While building components of powerful payment technology, you will get to see your efforts shaping the digital future of monetary transactions.   

The Work itself: 

Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visa’s internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability 

Collaborate multi-functionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings 

Actively contribute to product quality improvements, valuable service technology, and new business flows in diverse agile squads 

Develop robust and scalable products intended for a myriad of customers including end-user merchants, b2b, and business to government solutions. 

Leverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later Technology 

Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities 

Essential Functions:

Demonstrates relevant technical working knowledge to understand requirements.

Identifies and contributes to the development and solution strategies to team members that improve the design and functionality of interface features across one or more project features, under minimal guidance.

Applies standard processes on the use of programming languages (e.g. HTML, C++, Java) to write code that fulfills website modification requests and technical requirements. 

Collaborates with others to support the piloting of new technology capabilities and features that enhance the user website experience across e-commerce products.

Analyzes bugs for simple issues and applies debugging tools to verify assumptions.

The Skills You Bring:

Energy and Experience: A growth mindset that is curious and passionate about technologies and enjoys challenging projects on a global scale

Challenge the Status Quo: Comfort in pushing the boundaries, ‘hacking’ beyond traditional solutions

Language Expertise: Expertise in one or more general development languages (e.g., Java, C#, C++)

Builder: Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability

Learner: Constant drive to learn new technologies such as Angular, React, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.

Partnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams

 

 

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our suite of Emerging Services applications. Your primary responsibility will be to design, develop, and implement scalable test automation solutions that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our testing processes.
In this role, you will also be responsible for reviewing and enhancing our existing Test Frameworks, developing, and executing detailed testing plans, and addressing any anomalies or issues that arise. You will work closely with various teams within the organization to ensure that our software applications meet the highest standards of quality, usability, and performance.
The ideal candidate for this role should possess robust programming skills, with extensive experience in languages such as Java and JavaScript. You should demonstrate proficiency in writing efficient and maintainable code, debugging, and problem-solving within these languages. In-depth knowledge of the latest Java and JavaScript frameworks, libraries, and best practices is essential. The candidate should also have a strong understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms in the context of Java and JavaScript.
This role requires a combination of technical expertise in software development and testing, as well as strong analytical skills to understand and assess requirements, develop optimal testing strategies, and address and resolve issues effectively. Your contributions will be instrumental in maintaining the reliability of our applications and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions to our customers.
This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, collaborative environment, and make a significant impact on our product quality and customer satisfaction. We are looking for a proactive, detail-oriented individual with a strong commitment to quality and a passion for software testing and automation.

Responsibilities - 

•    Demonstrate Visa's core values, maintaining a delivery-focused approach.
•    Cultivate, support, and promote an organizational culture that provides for high performance, high morale, collaboration, and innovation.
•    Design, create, execute, and report on functional and End to End tests against multiple applications, services, and projects by building highly scalable automation solutions.
•    Create systems and test documentation per organizational standards.
•    Ensure compliance with audit and security requirements for all testing activities.
•    Actively seek opportunities to evolve and improve the existing standards and practices to improve efficiency.
•    Identify and document software/system defects in a clear, timely manner.
•    Assume responsibility for following up and ensuring identified defects are resolved and validated.
•    Identify and troubleshoot system, integration or operability issues working with other departments as needed.
•    Cultivate, support, and promote an organizational culture that provides for high performance, high morale, integrity, and teamwork.
•    Work with business representatives, IT Management, IT Development, support teams and vendors to ensure on time, on budget, and high-quality deliverables.
•    Coordinate and collaborate with our globally distributed team.
•    Create, modify, and improve automated test suites and frameworks.

 

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Visa will accept applications for this role until at least August 13, 2025.

Visa is not offering relocation assistance for this role.

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
•    Strong hands-on experience on UI Test automation tools like Cypress &/ Selenium.
•    Strong hands-on experience on API Test automation tools like Karate &/ Rest Assured.
•    Strong hands on programing experience using languages like Java, JavaScript & various libraries.
•    Working knowledge of databases like SQL, Oracle, Mongo etc.
•    Working knowledge of Containers.
•    Excellent knowledge of REST APIs and SOAP based Web Services. 
•    Experience with Test management tools like Jira, ALM, Share point & Confluence.
•    Ability to troubleshoot and debug issues related to code and infrastructure. 
•    Strong understanding of various test and development methodologies such as TDD and BDD.
•    Strong understanding of Agile, scrum and Quality Assurance processes and methodologies.
•    Experience in creating QA related documents like Test Plan and Test Findings.
•    Experience leveraging AI tools or techniques to develop innovative solutions that enhance software testing processes

Preferred 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.
•    6 or more years of hands-on experience in building highly automated test frameworks.
•    General business knowledge of financial systems.
•    Good understanding and knowledge of Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies is required.
•    6 plus years of strong technical experience with web applications and web services.
•    Experience in Browser testing, Usability testing and Accessibility testing a plus.
•    Ability to write and execute SQL queries to validate data is required.
•    Tandem / Connex Advantage and/or Mainframe experience is 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 117,700.00 to 170,600.00 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. 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.

Visa is not offering relocation assistance for this role.