staff software engineer

About Us

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Software Development Engineers are expert problem-solvers and builders who design, implement, and improve software applications and systems. In this role, engineers spend approximately 60–75% of their time coding, working hands-on with code, data, and modern tools (including AI-assisted development, cloud services, and automation frameworks) to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality technology solutions that drive business outcomes in the fintech sector. They collaborate with cross-functional teams – product managers, designers, data scientists, QA, operations, and compliance – to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions, all while adhering to best practices, security standards, and regulatory requirements.

All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze a requirement to auto-update risk records based on assessment changes
• Develop a trigger to validate lifecycle status transitions
• Create a helper class to retrieve related child records and calculate a risk score
• Fix a production issue where trigger logic fails during bulk data updates
• Coordinate with QA to validate Java customizations in UAT
• Review deployment logs and support release migration to production
• Document technical design and customization details
  
  

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

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.

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.

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.

Experience in software engineering or a directly related field.

Experience in developing and/or implementing web-based or mobile applications.

Experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

Experience in technologies/software systems or a directly related field.

Experience in creating and maintaining test plans and executing testing procedures.

Experience in debugging and troubleshooting software issues.

Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions.

Experience in code review and applying coding standards.

Experience in building or enhancing developer tools.

Experience with OpenPages environment upgrades or migration support

Experience with workflow customization

Exposure to reporting and analytics

Knowledge of financial services, banking, insurance, or regulated industries

Experience working in agile delivery models

Client-facing consulting experience

Mandatory Skills: IBM OpenPages, Java, Triggers, Helpers

Experience: 5+ years in OpenPages, strong customization experience.5+ years of experience in IBM OpenPages

Strong hands-on Java experience in OpenPages customization

Direct Project Experience In

Trigger development

Helper class development

Java-based validations and automation

Ability to understand business requirements and independently convert them into technical solutions

Strong debugging and issue-resolution capability

Should have strong experience with AI tools and implementations

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.

---