Software Engineer - Crypto Program; Hybrid​/Onsite

Staff Software Engineer - Crypto Program (Hybrid/Onsite)

Join Visa as a Staff Software Engineer in our Crypto Program located in Austin, TX. Visa is a global leader in payments and technology, processing more than 259 billion transactions 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.

The opportunity:

As a Visa Software Engineer, you will invent, design, build, and test software products that reach a truly global customer base. You will work on complex distributed systems and solve massive‑scale problems centered on payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms.

• Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visa’s internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability.
• Collaborate multi‑functionally to create design artifacts and develop best‑in‑class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings.
• Actively contribute to product quality improvements, valuable service technology, and new business flows in diverse agile squads.
• Develop robust and scalable products intended for a myriad of customers including end‑user merchants, B2B, and business‑to‑government solutions.
• Leverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real‑Time Payments, and Buy‑Now‑Pay‑Later technology.
• Mentor teammates and seize continuous learning opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale.

• Demonstrates relevant technical working knowledge to understand requirements.
• Identifies and contributes to development and solution strategies that improve design and functionality of interface features across one or more project features under minimal guidance.
• Applies standard processes on the use of programming languages (e.g., HTML, C++, Java) to write code that fulfills web modification requests and technical requirements.
• Collaborates with others to support the piloting of new technology capabilities and features that enhance the user website experience across e‑commerce products.
• Analyzes bugs for simple issues and applies debugging tools to verify assumptions.

• Growth mindset with curiosity and passion for technologies and challenging projects at a global scale.
• Comfort pushing boundaries and ‘hacking’ beyond traditional solutions.
• Expertise in one or more general development languages (Java, C#, C++).
• Experience building and deploying modern services and web applications with quality and scalability.
• Continuous learning drive for new technologies such as Angular, React, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Collaboration experience with Product, Test, Dev‑Ops, and Agile/Scrum teams.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager. Travel requirements: 5–10% of the time.

Basic Qualifications
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 Qualifications
Proven experience designing and developing backend applications for high performance, distributed systems.
Proven expertise developing software within the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) model.
Strong proficiency in object‑oriented programming languages such as Java, Go, and C++.
Solid understanding of blockchain technologies, DeFi protocols, consensus protocols, and security schemes.
Experience developing smart contracts for EVM‑compatible blockchains, strong knowledge of ERC standards and EIPs for building scalable dApps.

Experience with test‑driven development (TDD), unit testing, and performance testing.

Experience with CI/CD tools.
Highly motivated and quick to learn new technologies to tackle complex challenges.
Background in payments and financial services is a plus.
Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and leadership abilities with effective written and verbal…