Senior Software Engineer - Backend - Senior Consultant Level

Visa; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in payment technology is seeking a Software Engineer to lead a team in designing and building scalable systems. This hybrid role involves working on innovative solutions using cutting-edge technologies and mentoring team members, while making an impact on a global scale.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in hands-on development and leading a team of engineers.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and leading team ceremonies.
• Ability to mentor team members and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 5 to 7 engineers, ensuring effective teamwork.
• Design and develop scalable and secure systems for global impact.
• Drive agile methodologies and lead team ceremonies.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Agile Proficiency

Mentorship and Communication

Generative AI Enthusiasm

Education

Proficiency in Java 17 and above

Tools

Spring Framework

Cloud Services

Microservice Architecture

Version Control

Job description

Company 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.

Job Description

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.

Role Overview

• Lead a team of 5 to 7 engineers, ensuring effective teamwork and high-quality deliverables.
• Design and develop scalable and secure systems impacting 40% of the world population, aligning with Visa’s standards.
• Leverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Real-Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later Technology.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to create best-in-class, robust, and scalable software solutions for diverse customer needs, including end-users, B2B, and B2G.
• Possess excellent communication skills to convey complex technical solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and effectively present to senior stakeholders, including SVPs.
• Engage in mentorship and continuous learning to impact global and local scales.

Core Responsibilities

• Take a hands-on approach in developing software and meeting your sprint commitments, while leading the team to meet design specifications with a focus on security and quality.
• Drive agile methodologies, leading ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with product teams to refine and clarify requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Work closely with architects to refine and optimize system designs for scalability and performance.
• Mentor and guide your team, fostering professional growth and ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Champion continuous improvement by seeking innovative ways to enhance existing systems and processes, going beyond business as usual to deliver improved efficiency and effectiveness.
• Exhibit a strong passion for Generative AI, actively exploring and integrating these technologies to drive innovation.

**We do not expect that any single candidate would fulfill all of these characteristics. For instance, we have awesome team members who are really focused on building scalable systems but didn’t work with payments technology or web applications before joining Visa.

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

Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Technical Leadership: Proven experience in hands-on development and leading a team of engineers.
• Agile Proficiency: Familiarity with agile methodologies and leading team ceremonies.
• Mentorship and Communication: Ability to mentor team members and communicate effectively to both technical and non-technicalstakeholders at all levels, demonstrating excellent communication skills.
• Generative AI Enthusiasm: Passion for innovation, particularly in applying Generative AI technologies to enhance business solutions.

Desirable Experience

• Programming Languages: Proficiency in Java 17 and above, including concurrency and functional patterns.
• Cryptography, Spring Framework, Containerization, Cloud Services, and Database Management.
• Microservice Architecture, Messaging Systems, Generative AI, SSDLC, CI/CD, Version Control, and Code Quality.

Additional Information

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.