Data Scientist

Tink; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global payments company is looking for a motivated Engineer to join their Commercial Payments organization. In this hybrid position based in Riyadh, you will focus on building distributed applications and collaborate across teams to deliver innovative payment solutions. Ideal candidates should have 2+ years of relevant experience and a solid understanding of software development, including distributed systems and data handling. Join us to make a meaningful impact in a thriving industry!

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor’s degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree.
• Hands-on experience with software development, including data, server-side, and UI.

Responsibilities

• Work on emerging technologies and build distributed applications.
• Collaborate with project team members to implement new data-driven solutions.
• Drive development for on-time delivery of high-quality solutions.

Skills

Distributed software development

Java

C++

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Go

Scala

Python

Job description

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

About Global Commercial Payments Platform

We are working on multiple technology stacks and want to add a highly motivated Engineer to our Commercial Payments organization in Foster City, CA. Visa's Commercial Payments organization is responsible for managing Visa's B2B Payment Global adoption on Cross-Border funds movement, innovation agenda and the management of strategic partnerships with critical financial institutions. This group is responsible for defining and building the Non-Card based payment innovation and product for Visa Inc. Globally. This includes:

• Distributed-Ledger based Cross border payment platform
• Near time Settlement
• Enterprise ID stamping to create a digital identity for corporate entities
• Hyperledger chain-code development
• End-to-End Payment eco-system
• Analytics and Data visualization

Essential Functions:

• Work on emerging technologies, building distributed applications
• Collaborate with project team members (Product Managers, Architects, Analysts, Software Engineers, Project Managers, etc.) to ensure development and implementation of new data driven business solutions.
• Drive development effort End-to-End for on-time delivery of high quality solutions that conform to requirements, conform to the architectural vision, and comply with all applicable standards.
• Collaborate with senior technical staff and PM to identify, document, plan contingency, track and manage risks and issues until all are resolved
• Present technical solutions, capabilities, considerations, and features in business terms. Effectively communicate status, issues, and risks in a precise and timely manner.
• Partner with Product on implementation strategy.

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

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
• MS in Computer Science or related field
• 2+ years of experience with distributed software development
• Hands-on experience with all aspects of software development: data, server-side, UI, and open-source software.
• Experience with Linux, Open source, C++ or Java, client-server apps
• Expertise in at least two of the following: Java / Go / Scala / Python,
• Knowledge of developing Data Pipeline, including Ingestion, Transformation, Extraction etc. is expected
• Experience in large Data Pipeline handing is a big plus
• Familiar with container strategies and ecosystems such as Docker, Kubernetes
• Knowledge of cloud architecture and scalable solutions including orchestration
• BlockChain technical expertise is a plus

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.