Staff Middleware Systems Engineer – NGINX, GenAI

Visa; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 133,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to lead middleware engineering, reverse proxy platforms, and GenAI-enabled practices in mission-critical, multi-tenant environments. You will design, deploy, and troubleshoot NGINX and Apache HTTP Server-based systems and partner with SRE teams to deliver production changes.

You will own automation, documentation, and reliability improvements, working with global teams and supporting after-hours handovers as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree.
• Experience with NGINX, Apache HTTP Server, Linux, and middleware.
• Knowledge of TLS, monitoring, and alerting.

Responsibilities

• Own and support middleware platforms, NGINX, and Apache HTTP Server across environments.
• Design multi-tenant reverse proxy solutions, especially using NGINX.
• Troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, traces, and platform telemetry.
• Collaborate with SRE teams to push changes to production and ensure reliability.
• Create and maintain runbooks, configuration guides, and incident notes.

Skills

NGINX

Apache HTTP

Linux

REST-HTTP

Messaging

GenAI

SRE collaboration

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced degree

PhD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

TLS/SSL

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Visa is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to lead middleware engineering, reverse proxy platforms, and GenAI-enabled practices in mission-critical, multi-tenant environments. You will design, deploy, and troubleshoot NGINX and Apache HTTP Server-based systems and partner with SRE teams to deliver production changes.

You will own automation, documentation, and reliability improvements, working with global teams and supporting after-hours handovers as needed.