Staff Software Engineer

Visa; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is hiring Software Development Engineers in Bengaluru for a hybrid role. You will spend 60-75% of time coding, designing, and improving scalable fintech software while collaborating with product, data science, QA, operations and compliance.

Requires 8+ years in software engineering, leadership experience or ability to lead without direct reports, and expertise in web/mobile apps, testing, debugging, and building developer tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field with 8+ years of experience or equivalent.
• Experience building web-based or mobile applications and leading teams.
• Experience in debugging, testing, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to design, review code, and build scalable software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to determine requirements and translate into designs.
• Translate functional requirements into system designs and interactions.
• Design and develop product components and lead design reviews.
• Estimate project delivery and address blockers to prevent delays.
• Create reusable code and drive quality through reviews and metrics.
• Debug and resolve issues; identify automation opportunities.
• Lead code reviews and ensure coding standards.
• Create comprehensive test plans and address defects.
• Monitor and analyze data to identify defects and improve performance.
• Respond to incidents during on-call rotations and assist in resolution.
• Build and enhance developer tools to support programs.

Skills

Software engineering

Web/mobile apps development

Leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Code reviews

Testing / test plans

Debugging

Incident response

Developer tools

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Advanced degree (Masters, MBA, JD, MD)

PhD

Tools

Container technologies

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.

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. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to determine requirements for product components and incorporate feedback into future designs or solutions.
• Translate functional requirements into system designs and communicate component interactions, ensuring alignment with business needs and timelines.
• Design and develop product components, refine code plans, and lead design reviews to ensure completeness and adherence to requirements.
• Contribute to project estimation, considering delivery costs and escalating issues that may cause delays.
• Lead by example in creating, implementing, and maintaining extensible, reusable code, and drive code quality through metrics and best practices.
• Apply debugging tools to resolve moderately complex issues and identify opportunities for automation across products.
• Lead code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and providing feedback to team members.
• Create complex test plans, identify test gaps, and proactively address defects to minimize customer impact.
• Leverage data analysis and monitoring standards to identify patterns and defects in all environments.
• Respond to incidents during on-call rotations, troubleshoot complex issues, and assist in incident response and resolution.
• Build, enhance, and identify new developer tools to support programs and applications.
• Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt to trends and technical solutions to improve product performance and recommend resources to other engineers.

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

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 6 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in software engineering or a directly related field.
• Experience in developing and/or implementing web-based or mobile applications.
• Experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Experience in technologies/software systems or a directly related field.
• Experience in creating and maintaining test plans and executing testing procedures.
• Experience in debugging and troubleshooting software issues.
• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Experience in code review and applying coding standards.
• Experience in building or enhancing developer tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with container-based technologies.
• Experience building and testing enterprise-scale web services.
• Experience in product development.
• Experience working on client-facing project or technical teams.

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.