Staff Data Engineer

Visa

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Austin, TX
Salary
$137,200–$219,700 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $178k
$126k most similar roles pay here $241k

This role pays less than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $155,482–$219,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $178k versus about $188k 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 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

Staff Data Engineer As a Staff Data Engineer within the Value Added Services – Digital Marketing & Engagement organization, you will design, enhance, and build the Visa data token platform in an agile environment. You will be responsible for architecting and building large-scale data pipelines for batch and real-time processing while managing distributed systems that are highly available and scalable. Your daily work involves developing data products to support analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases by transforming structured and unstructured data. You will utilize a technical stack including Hadoop, Spark, Python, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, Flink, TensorFlow, Triton, and AWS services. Additionally, you will use Unix/Shell scripting and tools like Airflow or Control-M to ensure high data quality and reliability while mentoring other engineers on best practices in data modeling and governance.

What does a Data Engineer earn?

Median $162000 from 205 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and optimize large-scale data pipelines for both batch and real-time processing.
  • Develop and maintain distributed data systems that are highly available, scalable, and resilient.
  • Architect and implement secure data platforms using big data technologies like Hadoop and Spark.
  • Build and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines to ensure high data quality, reliability, and performance.
  • Implement automation, monitoring, and observability for data pipelines across the entire lifecycle.
  • Lead proof-of-concept initiatives to evaluate and adopt new data engineering technologies.
  • Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning and accountability.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Bachelor's degree with experience, an Advanced degree with experience, or a PhD.
  • Experience in big data engineering including Hadoop, Apache Spark, Python, and SQL.
  • Proficiency in creating and managing large-scale data pipelines and machine learning models.
  • Experience developing ETL processes, maintaining Spark pipelines, and productizing AI/ML models.
  • Proficiency in technologies such as Kafka, Redis, Flink, TensorFlow, Triton, and AWS services.
  • Skilled in Unix/Shell or Python scripting and scheduling tools like Airflow and Control-M.
  • Familiarity with Agile development, TDD, CI/CD, and various databases.
  • Experience in Docker and Kubernetes for containerization (preferred).

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