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 Visa is recruiting a Software Engineer for Global Token Services team to bring creative thinking and innovation to the testing of our key products. You will be part of a talented software team that works on mission-critical applications. You will be responsible for Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing. The role includes working with business owners to understand requirements, defining and implementing technical solutions, application implementation and support, integration and management of REST based services. In this position, you are first and foremost a passionate and talented developer that can work in a dynamic environment as a member of Agile Scrum teams. This requires strong technology skills, problem solving abilities, coding, testing, and debugging skills just a start. You must be dedicated to filling product backlog and delivering production-ready code. You must be willing to go beyond the routine and prepared to do a little bit of everything. You will be supporting initiatives that span across multiple geographies enabling acceptance of Visa in consumer payments, enabling new form factors and drive cross border acceptance. As a key member of the development team, the candidate should be comfortable with driving technical ideas and communicating clearly with technical as well as non-technical audiences. This position is based in Foster City, CA and will report to the Director of Product Development. Key responsibilities: • Engage in technical design of solution that is based on use cases and business requirements • Complete proof of concepts and other technical evaluations of technologies, designs, and solutions • Contribute to the creation of detail design and use case documents • Effectively interact with internal teams to develop solutions to complex technical issues on highly visible business opportunities • Use approved generative AI tools to improve efficiency in day-to-day development work while adhering to engineering standards and best practices • Analyze current solution architecture & design and propose solutions that increase business value, optimize performance and enhance quality • Adhere and contribute to best practices, guidelines, standards and procedures guidelines • Communicate and present complex technical concepts for peer • Ensures inclusion of Visa’s business vision, current business environment (internally and externally) and technology and industry trends to enable results that drive Visa’s business This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.  Qualifications Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree, OR 3+ years of relevant work experience Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor's degree, OR 3+ years of relevant work experience You have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field. Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms Object oriented analysis and design using common design patterns and adherence to SOLID principals Understanding of test-driven development Creative, high-energy, proactive problem-solving skills with appropriate sense of urgency. Focus on customers and user experience Experienced working closely with other project resources to cohesively deliver business intended benefits including solution analyst, QA, architect Estimating effort for change and new projects combining model-based approach and practical experience Basic knowledge of generative AI tools and how they can be used to improve engineering productivity and workflow efficiency. Strong communication skills with proven ability to frame context, present complex ideas and document in a clear and concise manner while influencing outcome Ability to manage and balance multiple projects and tasks in order to drive to deliverable dates working with diverse stakeholders to meet and exceed expectations Understand and support documentation of best practice business processes in support of Business Requirements Comfortable in an environment of rapid change and ambiguity with the ability to make decisions while understanding the risk Able to work in a complex highly-matrix and regulated environment Global/International experience and the ability to work across cultures and time zones 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.