Staff Data Engineer

Visa

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Austin, TX
Salary
$131,600–$210,300 / yr
Posted
14 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $171k
$120k most similar roles pay here $241k

This role pays less than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $155,261–$219,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $171k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 98 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,200–$233,700 across 93 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Data Engineer

As a Staff Data Engineer, you will join a team focused on building secure, scalable, and high-quality technology solutions within the fintech sector. You will be responsible for designing and implementing data pipelines, managing end-to-end data products, and developing automation processes to manage data in both batch and real-time environments. Your daily work involves translating business requirements into architecture designs, writing queries to extract raw data, performing code reviews, and ensuring adherence to security standards and regulatory requirements. You will utilize a technical stack including Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Redis, NoSQL, RDBMS, and containerization tools for deployment. Additionally, you will leverage AI-assisted development tools like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot while managing software upgrades and troubleshooting complex problems to maintain data quality across various features in the payment technology space.

What does a Data Engineer earn?

Median $162000 from 205 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Translate functional business requirements into technical architecture designs for data components.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain high-quality, reusable code using established coding patterns and best practices.
  • Provide end-to-end ownership of data products and pipelines while managing technical debt.
  • Build automation tools to manage, deploy, and monitor data processes in both batch and real-time modes.
  • Write complex queries to extract raw data and implement orchestration techniques to automate extraction logic.
  • Conduct comprehensive testing including unit tests, coding standard checks, and security scans.
  • Develop troubleshooting procedures to identify and resolve advanced technical issues flagged by testing.
  • Ensure all data products comply with security standards, governance principles, and regulatory requirements.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 2+ years with an Advanced degree, or 0 years with a PhD, or 8+ years of total experience.
  • Experience in designing and implementing data pipelines and large-scale data processing jobs (preferred).
  • Experience writing, modifying, and reviewing high-quality, testable, and efficient code (preferred).
  • Experience developing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests with a focus on automation (preferred).
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using containerization and orchestration tools (preferred).
  • Experience monitoring production applications and troubleshooting issues using observability tools (preferred).
  • Experience integrating AI or ML services into applications (preferred).
  • Experience solving data problems using technologies like Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Redis, NoSQL, or RDBMS (preferred).

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