Sr. SW Engineer-1
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026. Visa scores A on the Alion truth index.
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.
Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.
Job Description
The Opportunity
As a Sr Software Engineer, you will be part of a cross-functional Agile team responsible for building and supporting software components and features within Visa’s network automation ecosystem. You will contribute to backend services and user interfaces that support infrastructure automation, observability, and operational efficiency, while developing your technical skills and understanding of Visa’s engineering standards.
The Work You’ll Do
Software Development & Implementation
- Design, develop, test, and maintain well-scoped software components and features under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Implement backend services and RESTful APIs using established frameworks and patterns.
- Develop and enhance user interface components using modern frontend technologies (e.g., Angular or React), following existing design guidelines.
- Write clean, maintainable, and secure code aligned with team standards.
Requirements & Design Support
- Collaborate with product owners, technical leads, and peers to understand requirements for assigned features or components.
- Assist in translating functional requirements into technical implementations for individual services or modules.
- Contribute to technical documentation and design artifacts for assigned work, with guidance.
Quality & Engineering Practices
- Participate in code reviews to learn best practices and improve code quality.
- Write and maintain unit tests and basic integration tests for owned components.
- Follow established CI-CD pipelines and development workflows used by the team.
Operations & Support
- Support production systems for owned components under guidance, including participation in on-call rotations.
- Assist with troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of incidents alongside senior engineers.
- Follow established operational procedures to help maintain system stability and reliability.
Learning & Professional Growth
- Build foundational knowledge in distributed systems, automation platforms, and infrastructure-focused software.
- Learn to responsibly use AI-assisted development tools for coding, testing, and documentation in alignment with team practices.
- Actively seek feedback, participate in knowledge-sharing sessions, and continuously improve technical skills.
This is a hybrid position.Expectationofdays intheoffice will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days 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)
2+ years of relevant professional software engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience with an advanced degree.
Experience contributing to enterprise or cloud-based software projects.
Exposure to Agile or DevOps-oriented development environments.
The Skills You Bring
Required Skills
Strong hands-on experience in full-stack development, including:
Backend: Python, REST APIs, JSON, Flask-RESTPlus
Frontend: JavaScript, HTML5, Angular or React
Working knowledge of JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and at least one modern frontend framework (Angular or React).
Familiarity with version control systems, testing fundamentals, and Agile development practices.
Strong problem-solving ability and eagerness to learn.
Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively within a team.
Preferred Skills
Exposure to CI-CD tools (e.g., Git, Jenkins) and automated build pipelines.
Experience with cloud platforms, containers, or infrastructure-related software.
Basic familiarity with automation, observability, or reliability concepts.
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.