About Us Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.
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Job Description Currencycloud was acquired by Visa in December 2021. Our Staff Software Engineers are responsible for implementing an industry-leading API that has already processed over 50 billion USD of cross-border transactions for over 5 million end users, and is available to our clients 24x7. But we’re not stopping there, and our engineers are at the forefront of taking us forward to meet the demands of even greater scale.
This role will support the entire Customer tribe and work across multiple teams and domains, including account and contact management, reporting, wallets and balances, end-client onboarding, and notifications. It's a large area with very multiple technical challenges, mainly revolving around event-driven architectures and working at scale.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role at a senior level where you’ll lead technical widespread strategy, mentor senior engineers, and ensure alignment with organizational standards. Beyond delivery, you’ll influence how other teams adopt event-driven principles and modern streaming practices, acting as a trusted technical authority across domains.
Our stack runs on AWS as a set of distributed applications using Kubernetes and a microservice-led architecture. We are also utilizing Kafka for our streaming and PACT for Contract testing.
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This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.
Qualifications Preferred Qualifications: 9 or more years of relevant work experience. 5+ years experience in Java Backend Development. Passion for event-driven architectures and ability to advocate for them across teams. Proven experience leading technical teams or initiatives, including setting architectural direction. Skills with functional Java (versions 8+) and Spring (ideally Spring boot) Agile ways of working such as Scrum or Kanban in cross-functional teams Expert knowledge of Docker, EKS, AWS (public cloud) and Kafka. Ability to communicate equally effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Modern Cloud-Native architectures and practices. To name some: high-availability, high-scalability, microservices, 12-factor apps, CI/CD, heavy testing automation and observability. TDD, BDD and Contract testing. Working in a DevOps environment, or passion and willingness to work in this way. Proven delivery of well-tested, scalable, fault-tolerant and performant solutions. A pragmatic approach to solutions and delivery of technical projects. A self-starter who takes accountability for getting things done. Pragmatism in decision making and ability to get buy-in for ideas and getting them done. Exceptional structure and attention to detail. Comfortable challenging the status quo and always curious about the way things work. Great written and verbal communication skills. Comfortable working in a scale-up or growth environment and as part of a wider team.
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.
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