Staff SW Engineer
Visa
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This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $172,687–$246,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $171k versus about $209k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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 101 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $149,200–$238,700 across 96 roles with salary data.
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Staff Software Engineer -AI & Middleware Automation joins the Middleware Product Reliability Engineering team to lead the transition from traditional operations into an AI-driven software engineering organization. The role involves designing and building production-grade automation, mentoring junior engineers, and driving architectural decisions for critical infrastructure. You will develop intelligent systems using agentic AI, LLM frameworks like LangChain and LangGraph, and RAG pipelines to eliminate toil and prevent recurring incidents. Key responsibilities include troubleshooting complex issues, conducting code reviews, and ensuring system scalability and security. The role requires proficiency in Python, Java, or Go, along with experience in Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure. You will work with technologies such as Kafka, Flink, Spring Boot, and Prometheus to maintain middleware systems that process billions of transactions across 200 countries.
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