Software Engineer

Visa; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Reading to design, implement, and improve software applications for fintech services. You will spend a large portion coding, collaborating with product managers, designers, data scientists, QA, and operations to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

The role involves participation in system design, testing, production support, and on-call rotations, with a hybrid work arrangement to be confirmed by the Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

• Experience building and testing enterprise-scale web services (minimum one year).
• Experience in mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in debugging and troubleshooting software issues.
• Experience in code reviews and applying coding standards.
• Experience in test planning and execution for software features.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to interpret requirements for project components and incorporate feedback into future designs.
• Translate business requirements by verifying assumptions and escalating potential design issues to appropriate stakeholders.
• Participate in system design and architecture, refining code plans and contributing to design documentation.
• Develop, implement, and maintain code for products, services, or components, applying coding patterns, guidelines, and best practices.
• Respond to support requests during on-call rotations, troubleshooting issues and deploying fixes under guidance.

Skills

Enterprise-scale web services

Mentoring junior engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Debugging & troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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. Claude Code, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.

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.
• Participate in system design and architecture, refining code plans and contributing to design documentation.
• Contribute to project estimation and accelerate issues that may cause delays.
• Develop, implement, and maintain code for products, services, or components, applying coding patterns, guidelines, and best practices.
• Apply 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 support requests during on-call rotations, troubleshooting issues and deploying fixes under 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.
• Participate in Production Support rota covering weekdays and week ends.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications Relevant work experience and a Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building and testing enterprise-scale web services (minimum one year).
• Experience working on client-facing project or technical teams (minimum one year).
• Experience in integrating feedback into design and solution fixes.
• Experience in mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in technologies/software systems or a directly related field (minimum two years).
• Experience in developing and/or implementing back end applications (minimum two years).
• Experience in system design and architecture for product components.
• Experience in debugging and troubleshooting software issues.
• Experience in code review and applying coding standards.
• Experience in test planning and execution for software features.
• Experience in responding to support requests and deploying fixes.
• Experience in using software developer tools for code creation and maintenance.

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

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.