Lead Staff Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Develop code and systems impacting 40% of the global population while influencing Visa internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability.
• Collaborate across teams to create design artifacts and develop best-in-class software solutions for various Visa technical offerings.
• Drive product quality improvements, enhance service technology, and innovate business flows within diverse agile teams.
• Create robust, scalable products for a wide range of customers, including end-user merchants, B2B, and business-to-government solutions.
• Utilize cutting-edge technologies to build next-generation Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real-Time Analytics, and others contributing to company growth.
• Align enhancements and modifications to existing software coding standards and design specifications across regions, ensuring compliance with current security standards.
• Guide the implementation of automation to improve effectiveness and efficiencies of systems and tools across regions.
• Maintain communication with regional leadership to monitor and direct code reviews, on-call rotations, and incident responses throughout product development and operations cycles.
• Leverage back-end technical expertise to lead systematic improvements in processes to meet customer and business objectives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 7 years with an Advanced degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years with a PhD, or 13+ years of relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in one or more general development languages such as C#, JavaScript, C++, Java, or Python.
• Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability.
• Ability to select the best available values of some objective function to improve the functional effectiveness of web applications.
• Knowledge of and ability to develop code in programming languages supporting product development.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining Application Program Interfaces (APIs).
• This is an onsite hybrid position based in Bellevue, WA, with an expectation of days in office to be confirmed by the hiring manager.

Nice to Have

• Experience with technologies such as React, Kubernetes, Docker.
• Experience collaborating with Product, Test, Dev-ops, and Agile/Scrum teams.
• Comfort in pushing the boundaries and 'hacking' beyond traditional solutions.
• Growth mindset with curiosity and passion for technology.
• Experience in payments technology or web applications is not required but beneficial.

Qualifications

• Educational qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree, Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or PhD with corresponding years of work experience.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as C#, C++, JavaScript, Java.
• Experience in web browser optimization and API design and development.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary range is competitive and may include potential sales incentive payments.
• Eligible for bonus and equity.
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.