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Progress starts with you.\nJob Description\nThe Opportunity\nWe are seeking a talented and motivated Senior Software Development Engineer to join our Payments Products Development team. As a key member of the team, you will play a critical role in developing cutting-edge solutions, leveraging innovative technologies, and enhancing the capabilities of our platforms.\nYou will quickly grasp and evaluate new ideas and technologies from internal and external sources, then match them to emerging technology and business opportunities while helping build a culture of innovation and engineering excellence.\nEssential Functions:\nAI-Enabled Innovative Development: Design, develop, and implement innovative software solutions using generative AI, conversational AI, RAG, and modern integration patterns. Explore new technologies and translate relevant ideas into secure, scalable business solutions.\nAI System Engineering: Design and integrate AI components into larger platforms, including data preparation, model evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement. Address robustness, quality, security, and operational reliability throughout the lifecycle.\nCollaborative Engineering: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects that integrate emerging technologies with existing platforms. Work closely with Product Office, Operations & Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Client Support, and Product Development teams.\nContinuous Learning: Actively expand knowledge of generative AI, machine learning, modern engineering practices, and emerging technologies. Share learning with peers and contribute to team growth.\nClient-Focused Solutions: Develop solutions with a client-centric mindset, ensuring Payment Product platforms deliver exceptional value and innovation. Use client feedback to refine and improve offerings.\nAPI and Integration Development: Contribute to the design and development of APIs that enhance integration across Payment Product applications, platforms, AI services, and solutions.\nTechnology Modernization: Advance the modernization roadmap by adopting best-in-class technology solutions for core platforms, expanding market reach and client impact.\nProcess Improvement: Continuously improve technology stacks, development processes, and methodologies to enhance productivity, quality, and time to market, including responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools.\nEngineering Excellence: Follow industry best practices in software development, emphasizing quality, security, performance, scalability, availability, resilience, and reduction of technical debt.\nAutomation and Best Practices: Automate software development, testing, deployment, and maintenance processes. Use AI-generated outputs as accelerators while applying rigorous engineering review and verification.\nIncident and Change Management: Support incident, change, and problem management processes. Participate in root-cause analysis and troubleshooting to sustain high availability and service reliability.\nVisa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.\nQualifications\nBasic Qualifications:\n2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience\nExpert-level skills in Java, Python, and Node.js; experience with C++ or C# is a plus.\nExperience building Generative AI applications, conversational AI solutions, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures, and related techniques, tools, and libraries.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n3 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)\nSelf-driven, adaptable, and willing to work across technologies and programming languages.\nStrong understanding of natural language processing concepts, including tokenization, word embeddings, and sequence models.\nProficiency implementing and fine-tuning AI and machine learning models using frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.\nUnderstanding of machine learning and deep learning fundamentals, including neural network architectures, training procedures, transfer learning, model compression, and associated trade-offs.\nAbility to design, implement, and integrate AI components into larger enterprise systems.\nFamiliarity with common robustness, reliability, security, and responsible-use considerations in AI systems.\nExperience working with large datasets, exploratory data analysis, data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation techniques.\nExposure to leading-edge areas such as machine learning, deep learning, stream computing, MLOps, and modern AI integration patterns.\nProficiency in front-end web development technologies such as React, Angular, and Node.js.\nExperience configuring build and deployment systems such as Docker, Jenkins, and Kubernetes.\nExpertise in multithreading, concurrency, and error handling.\nDemonstrated proficiency in troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, application design, and implementing enterprise-scale components.\nKnowledge of version control, CI/CD pipelines, and best practices for application and ML model deployment.\nWorking knowledge of distributed in-memory computing technologies such as Redis.\nUnderstanding of enterprise security, certificate management, and related practices.\nHands-on experience with Jenkins and container deployment architecture.\nExperience with OAuth 2.0, SSO, and authentication methods or protocols.\nExpertise in application security, SSDLC, and cryptography fundamentals.\nExperience applying AI-assisted engineering practices while independently validating generated code, tests, documentation, and technical recommendations.\nExperience in the payments technology industry is a plus.\nThe Skills You Bring:\nEnergy and Experience: A growth mindset, curiosity about technology, and enthusiasm for challenging projects on a global scale.\nChallenge the Status Quo: Comfort pushing boundaries and exploring solutions beyond traditional approaches.\nLanguage Expertise: Expertise in one or more development languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, C#, or C++.\nAI Builder: Experience building and deploying Generative AI, conversational AI, RAG, machine learning, modern services, and web applications with quality and scalability.\nCritical AI Judgment: Ability to evaluate AI-generated code and recommendations, identify failure modes, and apply independent engineering judgment.\nLearner: A consistent drive to learn technologies such as GenAI, machine learning, Angular, React, Kubernetes, and Docker.\nPartnership: Experience collaborating with Product, Test, DevOps, Cybersecurity, and Agile/Scrum teams.\n\nInformation for US Applicants\nFor roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $112,100 to $204,000 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.Work Hours\nVaries upon the needs of the department.\nTravel Requirements\nThis position requires travel 5-10% of the time.\nMental/Physical Requirements\nThis position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.\nVisa is an EEO Employer\nQualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protect veteran status. 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