Staff Software Engineer

Visa Inc.; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa's Technology Organization seeks a Staff Software Engineer to shape the future of commerce through innovative solutions. This hybrid role blends technical expertise in software engineering with leadership in agile development, championing best practices to build maintainable systems at scale. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in Java and possess strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Strong computer science credentials with a track record of quality services.
• Proven technical lead experience with innovative solutions.
• Passionate about technology and large-scale complex problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Translate functional and technical requirements into architecture and design.
• Create large-scale applications used by millions globally.
• Lead architecture decisions and participate in code reviews.

Skills

Software Engineering

Agile Methodology

Java

Test-Driven Development

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters)

Job 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.

The Opportunity:

Job Description

This role will be an ideal fit for a developer and self-motivated individual with excellent software engineering skills and expertise in Java. The candidate should be a motivated self-starter and quick learner.
As a Staff Software Engineer with Visa You Will

• Be at the forefront of translatingfunctional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design.
• Have significant influence on our strategy by helping define and build the next wave of product features and system architecture.
• Champion Agile to drive change and continuous improvement throughout the delivery process.
• Utilise your sharp design and coding skills to create applications at a massive scale which are used by millions of people across the globe.
• Take a hands-on role in influencing and guiding day-to-day development activities by leading architecture decisions, participating in designs, design review, code review, and implementation.
• Be motivated by building elegant and maintainable systems that get the job done with minimal complexity.
• Be the ambassador for engineering best practice across the development lifecycle and champion continuous improvement across the organisation.
• Be an evangelist for Test-Driven Development and Continuous Deployment.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

• Experience with a Bachelor's Degree, Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or a PhD
• Possess strong computer science credentials as well as a track record of building quality services.
• Be equally passionate about technology and solving large-scale complex business problems.
• Have a proven-track record within a technical lead role to produce innovative and simple solutions to complex problems.
• Be an established self-starter who possesses a relentless drive to initiate change, raise the technical bar and deliver results.
• Have expert knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle.
• Be comfortable challenging the norm and always on the lookout for new technologies and work with fellow technologists to implement these into the work stream.
• Be equally content prototyping and tinkering with new applications as well operating within the rigour of making solutions production-ready.
• Be a passionate advocate for nurturing talent within Visa through technical coaching and mentoring.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills and enjoy working in a highly iterative, agile and collaborative team environment

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.