Senior Software Engineer (3-6 years) (Java Backend)

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose ? to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa. Job Description Payments has become a very active/hot area in the last couple of years, creating a strong demand for innovation. This will be a very exciting area in the next 5 to 10 years. Not only is VISA a leader in the payment industry and has been for a long time, but it is also quickly transitioning into a technology company that is fostering an environment for applying the latest technology to solve exciting problems in this area. For a payment system to work well, the risk techniques, performance, and scalability are critical. These techniques and systems can benefit from big data, data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, & many other advance technologies and in VISA, we have all of these. If you want to be in the exciting payment space, learn fast, and make big impacts, Distributed Risk Intelligence Platform team within Payment Security & Identity group VISA is an ideal place for you! This position is for a Senior Software Engineer with solid development experience who will focus on creating new capabilities for Risk Platform while maturing our code base and development processes. In this position, you will be a passionate and talented developer that can work in a dynamic environment as a member of Agile Scrum teams. Your strong technical leadership, problem-solving abilities, coding, testing and debugging skills is just a start. Essential Functions Collaborate with project team members (Product Managers, Architects, Analysts, Software Engineers, Project Managers, etc.) to ensure development and implementation of new data driven business solutions. Drive development effort End-to-End for on-time delivery of high-quality solutions that conform to requirements, conform to the architectural vision, and comply with all applicable standards. Responsibilities span all phases of solution development including: Collaborate with senior technical staff and PM to identify, document, plan contingency, track and manage risks and issues until all are resolved. Present technical solutions, capabilities, considerations, and features in business terms. Effectively communicate status, issues, and risks in a precise and timely manner This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. Qualifications Basic Qualifications: 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience Preferred Qualifications: ? 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor?s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) ? Good programming experience with either Java/Go. ? Understanding and hands-on experience implementing microservices. ? Experience with using Core Java, JEE technologies, REST, and Spring. ? Understanding/Experience with relational and NoSQL databases. ? Experience with software development on Unix/Linux environment. ? Design and implement APIs, abstractions, and integration patterns to solve challenging distributed computing problems. ? Ensure proper logging/metrics instrumentation in software components, to help facilitate real time and remote troubleshooting/performance monitoring. ? Experience with Java, GitHub, SQL/NoSQL, Kafka, and Bitbucket. ? Experience with Git. ? Experience with Agile development process. ? Experience in working with remote teams, collaborating effectively in cross-functional teams. ? Experience with Big Data and analytics in general leveraging technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and MapReduce a plus ? Experience with distributed caching technologies like REDIS a plus ? Experience architecting solutions with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery in mind ? Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with effective communication (both written and verbal) skills and the ability to present complex ideas in a clear & concise way, a team player with a strong work ethic Additional Information Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.