Staff Software Engineer - GenAI & FinTech Impact

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

FSA/HSA

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Austin to design, build, and optimize software applications for fintech systems. The role emphasizes secure, scalable solutions, collaboration with product managers, data scientists, QA, and operations to translate requirements into robust technical outcomes.

Engineers spend substantial coding time using AI-assisted tools, cloud services, and automation frameworks, while maintaining high standards for security and compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a bachelor's degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to drive GenAI and AI-assisted engineering practices to improve solution design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and operational efficiency.
• Experience promoting secure, compliant use of GenAI technologies while maintaining code quality, data protection, and IP.
• Demonstrated ownership across the full software development lifecycle, including development, quality engineering, automation, deployment, production validation, and production support.

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.

Skills

Software development

Coding

GenAI adoption

Code reviews

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AI-assisted development tools

Cloud services

Automation frameworks

Job description

Visa is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Austin to design, build, and optimize software applications for fintech systems. The role emphasizes secure, scalable solutions, collaboration with product managers, data scientists, QA, and operations to translate requirements into robust technical outcomes.

Engineers spend substantial coding time using AI-assisted tools, cloud services, and automation frameworks, while maintaining high standards for security and compliance.