Staff Software Engineer– Python, React, Bigdata, Cloud, GenAI

Visa; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Bengaluru, India. The role requires expertise in software engineering, cloud platforms, and AI technologies. You'll design scalable solutions and enhance front-end applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Qualified candidates should have 7-10 years of experience with programming languages like Python or Java and a strong background in full-stack development. Join Visa to tackle meaningful challenges in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience or Bachelor’s Degree, or 5 years with Advanced Degree, or 3 years with PhD.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and/or Big Data technologies is a plus.
• Expertise in programming languages such as Python or Java.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy scalable full-stack software solutions.
• Build and enhance front-end applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Develop and maintain back-end services using Python, Java and related technologies.

Skills

Software engineering

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Full-stack development

Python

Java

Generative AI

Big Data technologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, etc.)

PhD

Tools

AWS

GCP

Hadoop

Kafka

React

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Linux

Job description

Overview

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 This Staff Software Engineer role is for an individual with excellent software engineering with hands-on development experience and a strong foundation in computer science, full-stack development, and AI/ML technologies. This role involves software initiatives, leveraging modern programming languages, cloud platforms, APIs and Generative AI to deliver scalable, high-quality business solutions. Experience on AWS/GCP and Bigdata stack would be a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy scalable full‑stack software solutions with end‑to‑end ownership.
• Build and enhance front‑end applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SQL, applying strong UI/UX principles.
• Develop and maintain back‑end services using Python, Java, and related technologies, including API design and integration.
• Leverage Generative AI (GenAI) to drive innovative solutions, improve productivity, testing, and automation.
• Responsible for Big Data SRE and engineering activities across big data and cloud environments ensuring high performance, reliability and scalability.
• Develop products, tools and processes to automate day-to-day task.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate business requirements into efficient technical solutions and tools.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

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

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of work experience and a Bachelor\'s Degree or 5 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 years of experience with a PhD. 1+ year of experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and/or Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Kafka) is a plus
• Expertise in one or more programming languages Python(preferred) or Java
• Hands-on experience in software engineering with strong coding skills
• Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals and data structures
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or JAVA and relevant AI libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.
• Experience with full-stack development platforms, including SQL, VS Code, REST, XML, JSON, APIs
• Strong experience developing front-end (React,HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and back-end services
• Hands-on experience designing and consuming APIs
• Demonstrated use of Generative AI in development and testing workflows
• Experience with LLMs and frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph
• Hands-on experience in machine learning, deep learning or reinforcement learning
• Working knowledge of Linux fundamentals and system concepts (CPU, memory, storage, networking)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and/or Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Kafka) is a plus
• AWS experience with managed streaming or big-data services such as AWS MSK (Kafka) and/or EMR (preferred), plus cloud fundamentals (networking, IAM/security, observability).

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.