Senior Data Engineer - Scalable Payment Data Platforms

DataJobs; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

FSA/HSA

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Job summary

Visa’s Data Platforms group seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design and build petabyte-scale data processing and delivery platforms supporting core payment domains. The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, reliability improvements, and cross-functional collaboration to advance data discovery and governance.

As a senior contributor, you will lead end-to-end data pipelines, mentor engineers, and drive architecture reviews, while partnering with data scientists and product managers to

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of SQL, NoSQL, graph databases, and RESTful APIs.
• Extensive experience with Spark, Hive, and Big Data tools.
• Proficient in Java, Scala, or Python for production-grade components.
• Experience leading large-scale data platform projects.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define requirements for scalable data platform solutions.
• Design, develop, and enhance distributed data processing systems for payment and analytics workloads.
• Build and maintain high-performance data pipelines delivering large data volumes.
• Contribute to data platform architecture, delivery capabilities, and Master Data Management.
• Lead technical design discussions and architecture reviews.
• Develop clean, scalable code aligned with engineering best practices and standards.
• Drive reliability, observability, automation, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers and lead code reviews to promote technical excellence.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

Graph databases

RESTful APIs

Spark

Hive

Java

Scala

Python

Apache Airflow

Git

CI/CD

Generative AI

Large Language Models

Copilot

Job description

Visa’s Data Platforms group seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design and build petabyte-scale data processing and delivery platforms supporting core payment domains. The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, reliability improvements, and cross-functional collaboration to advance data discovery and governance.

As a senior contributor, you will lead end-to-end data pipelines, mentor engineers, and drive architecture reviews, while partnering with data scientists and product managers to