Cybersecurity Engineer

Visa

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Foster City, CA
Salary: $137,400–$212,500 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $161k

This role $175k

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This role pays more than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $137,650–$184,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $161k for comparable roles.

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About Visa

Visa Inc. is the world''s largest payment network, enabling digital payments for consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments through its global processing network and branded card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services

Visa currently has 93 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $149,200–$238,700 across 92 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Cybersecurity Engineer

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As a Cybersecurity Engineer on the Security Architecture team, you will drive security architecture, design, and implementation for Web, API, Mobile, and AI Agent applications. You will perform threat modeling, conduct security reviews throughout the development lifecycle, and develop proof-of-concept prototypes for scalable enterprise products using AI/ML. Your role involves automating security tools, monitoring emerging trends, and transitioning research into operational solutions to protect payment processing platforms and consumer-facing applications. The required technical stack includes Python, Java, Go, or Rust, alongside experience with GenAI technologies like LLMs, prompt engineering, and orchestration tools such as LangChain. You will work across diverse environments including Linux, Windows, VMWare, and public clouds like AWS and GCP. Key tools include IDS, SIEM, WAF, and various databases like Oracle and Cassandra to secure complex transaction processing systems.

Skills

Python Java Go Rust LLMs LangChain LangGraph PyTorch TensorFlow JAX AWS GCP Azure Docker Kubernetes SQL NoSQL Kafka Oracle MS SQL Couchbase Cassandra Riak Aerospike Hadoop IDS SIEM WAF Tokenization Encryption REST SOAP Agile

What you'll do

Drive security architecture and design for Web, API, Mobile, and AI Agent applications across the enterprise.
Conduct threat modeling, risk analysis, and deep design reviews throughout the software development lifecycle.
Develop proof-of-concept prototypes and scalable products using AI/ML to enhance cybersecurity capabilities.
Automate security tools and processes for access control, secure coding, and AI agent governance.
Identify and evaluate innovative cybersecurity tools and technologies to improve the corporate security posture.
Facilitate red-team exercises and scenario analyses to identify and resolve potential vulnerabilities.
Transition research prototypes into fully operational products in collaboration with internal product development teams.

What we're looking for

Must have a Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of relevant work experience.
Must have at least 2 years of relevant work experience if holding a Bachelor's degree.
Must have Agentic AI Development experience.
Must have experience developing highly available and scalable enterprise services using Python.
Must have experience with Java, Go, Rust, or other object-oriented programming languages.
Must have hands-on experience with GenAI technologies including LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, fine-tuning, and AI agents.
Must have cybersecurity training or education.
Experience with a Bachelor's degree in computer science is preferred.

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