This role pays less than
82%
of similar roles. Most pay
$185,978–$242,312
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$171k
versus about
$214k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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.
As a Staff Software Engineer within the VCS Platform & Acceptance team, you will provide hands-on technical leadership in designing and developing modern software platforms for virtual cards, payables, and commercial B2B products. You will build scalable, reliable backend services, microservices, and event-driven solutions while guiding engineering execution across architecture, implementation quality, and operational excellence. The role requires a GenAI-first approach to improve design, coding, and testing through LLMs and agentic tools. Key technologies include REST APIs, gRPC, J2EE, JDBC, JMS, Spring Boot, WebFlux, Vert.x, Kafka, Redis, and NoSQL datastores like MySQL and Oracle. You will also manage CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Jenkins, and Chef. This role solves complex business problems by creating high-performance systems for global commercial payment experiences while mentoring junior developers and ensuring zero-defect delivery standards.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Texas?
Median $190975 from 202 postings across 40 companies.
Design, document, and implement scalable backend services, microservices, and event-driven solutions using REST APIs and gRPC.
Lead the technical design of high-availability systems while ensuring alignment with security standards and engineering best practices.
Integrate Generative AI tools and LLM-driven workflows to improve coding efficiency, testing, and troubleshooting across the team.
Translate complex business requirements into actionable technical specifications and project work items in collaboration with product managers.
Drive development quality by implementing CI/CD pipelines, automation, and zero-defect delivery standards.
Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership on architecture, implementation quality, and operational excellence.
Perform root cause analysis and support operations teams in troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
Present technical solutions and trade-offs to both technical and business stakeholders in clear, understandable terms.
What we're looking for
Must have 5+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, 2+ years with an Advanced degree, or 0 years with a PhD, or 8+ years of total experience.
Required strong hands-on experience with GenAI/LLM-driven engineering workflows and a demonstrated GenAI-first approach for personal execution and team enablement.
Strong experience with Kafka, Redis, or NoSQL datastores.
Hands-on experience with MySQL, DB2, and Oracle.
Proven knowledge of shared services, microservices, container technologies, caching, API gateways, and security.
Experience in infrastructure automation, monitoring, logging, auditing, and security practices.