Visa · 1 day ago
Staff SW Engineer - Backend
Highlands Ranch, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$124K/yr - $199K/yr
5+ years expVisa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions globally. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design and build next-generation transaction service platforms, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance and maintain high-quality software solutions.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile PaymentsPayments
Responsibilities
Architect, design, and develop API‑based backend applications in Java, leveraging the Spring ecosystem to deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performing services
Lead the design, development, documentation, and implementation of new features, and drive enhancements, optimizations, and defect resolutions for existing software systems
Champion TDD/BDD practices, creating comprehensive unit tests and guiding teams in adopting high‑quality, test‑first engineering standards
Create and maintain high‑quality technical documentation, including system designs, API specifications, operational procedures, and deployment workflows
Collaborate and influence across global and cross‑functional teams, providing technical leadership on architecture, implementation strategies, and production support issues
Partner with Quality Assurance teams to define testing strategies, triage complex defects, and ensure high‑confidence delivery of software releases
Provide technical leadership during development and testing phases, ensuring secure, stable, and performant delivery of mission‑critical applications
Act as a senior contributor within the engineering team, working closely with product stakeholders, architects, QA, and management to align solutions with business and technical goals
Identify strategic opportunities to improve engineering standards, development processes, and system performance, and drive adoption across teams
Prepare and review design documents, evaluate solution alternatives, and make architectural recommendations aligned with enterprise standards and long‑term scalability
Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, and guide the team in following Agile best practices
Lead by example, demonstrating ownership and accountability, mentoring junior and mid‑level engineers, and contributing to the evolution of departmental best practices and engineering guidelines
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
Proven expertise architecting and developing real‑time, multithreaded Java systems that are fault‑tolerant, highly scalable, and capable of handling mission‑critical, high‑volume transaction throughput
Deep mastery of distributed systems architecture, including high availability, low‑latency processing, data consistency models, and event‑driven design
Strong command of SOA principles and Web Services technologies, including REST and SOAP, with experience establishing service contracts and API governance
Advanced experience with backend platforms and frameworks, including J2EE, JDBC, JMS, Spring, Hibernate, JMX, and MBeans, with the ability to guide best practices across teams
Expert-level knowledge of Agile engineering practices, including TDD, CI/CD, and DevOps tooling such as Git, Maven, Jenkins, Chef, Sonar, JUnit, and mock frameworks
Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, including performance optimization and schema design for large datasets
Contributions to open-source GenAI/Agentic AI projects
Demonstrated experience with Agentic AI systems, such as autonomous agents, tool‑using LLMs, or multi‑agent frameworks
Exposure in Python and leading AI/ML frameworks
Exceptional problem‑solving abilities and a strong passion for advancing new AI paradigms and scalable intelligent system architectures
Demonstrated ability to lead architecture efforts for enterprise-scale, distributed backend systems, influencing technical direction across multiple teams or domains
Strong OO design expertise and deep understanding of design patterns, with the ability to mentor engineers on scalable, maintainable design principles
Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills, including the ability to present complex technical concepts to engineering leaders, product partners, and stakeholders
Experience with container-based application deployment, including Docker, Kubernetes, or other application container technologies
Fluent in developing testable, maintainable code, including extensive experience with mocking frameworks and unit/integration testing patterns
Experience deploying solutions on virtualized or converged infrastructure environments, with familiarity in cloud or hybrid-cloud architectures
Experience with payment systems and/or credit card processing is a strong plus, especially in environments requiring PCI compliance and tight SLAs
Strong expertise in troubleshooting and diagnosing production issues, including JVM tuning, log analysis, thread/heap analysis, and incident response leadership
Deep experience with performance tuning and memory leak detection, particularly in high-volume, low-latency Java applications
Experience integrating with third‑party Web Services, including handling failure cases, resiliency patterns, and contract validation
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401 (k)
FSA/HSA
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Wellness Program
Company
Visa
Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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TNB Financial Services
2016-09-10Post Ipo Equity
2008-03-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ryan McInerney
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Suh
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
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