Description
Software Development Engineers at Visa are expert problem-solvers and builders who design, implement, and improve software applications and systems.
In this role, you will spend approximately 60–75% of your 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.
You will 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.
Key responsibilities:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to interpret requirements for project components and incorporate feedback into future designs or solution fixes
- Translate business requirements by verifying assumptions and escalating potential design issues to appropriate stakeholders
- Assist in identifying risks in solutions and communicate impacts to senior engineers
- Design and develop product components based on needs/requests of more senior engineers, contributing to design documentation and validating alignment with requirements
- Participate in project estimation and escalate issues that may cause delays
- Create and implement code for products, services, or components that are extensible and maintainable, applying coding patterns, guidelines, and best practices
- Apply security assessment processes to ensure code is free from threats or risks
- Use debugging tools to verify assumptions and proactively flag issues before they occur
- Participate in code reviews to ensure coding standards are followed and address routine pull requests
- Create test plans and configure testing procedures to identify and resolve defects for multiple features
- Respond to incidents during on-call rotations, troubleshooting issues and deploying fixes under appropriate guidance
- Leverage and build knowledge of software developer tools to create, debug, and maintain code for components
- Remain current in skills by investing time in training resources to improve product availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance
Basic qualifications:
- 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience
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. Master's, MBA, JD, MD)
- Experience in technologies/software systems or a directly related field (minimum two years)
- Experience in developing and/or implementing web-based or mobile applications (minimum two years)
- Experience in Math, Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s or Bachelor’s degree required)
- Experience in creating and implementing code for products, services, or components
- Experience in applying coding patterns, guidelines, and best practices
- Experience in debugging tools and verifying code assumptions
- Experience in creating test plans and configuring testing procedures
- Experience in responding to incidents and troubleshooting issues during on-call rotations
- Experience in building and testing enterprise-scale web services (minimum one year)
- Experience in working on client-facing project or technical teams (minimum one year)
- Experience in leveraging software developer tools to create, debug, and maintain code
- Experience in remaining current in skills through training resources to improve product performance
Salary: $110,700.00 to $171,800.00 USD per year
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program