Staff Software Engineer

Visa

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Hybrid

Quick summary

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

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $199k
This role $171k
$118k most similar roles pay here $257k

This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $172,500–$225,275 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $171k versus about $199k 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 93 open roles on FindRole.

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

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At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

As a Staff SW Engineer, you will join the team responsible for the Intelligent Commerce ecosystem to design and deliver critical platform capabilities. You will be responsible for building scalable backend services, APIs, and platform components that power merchant integrations and intelligent commerce experiences. Your daily work involves developing cloud-native applications using microservices architectures, participating in technical design discussions, performing code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers. The role requires hands-on development, testing, debugging, and performance optimization to ensure system reliability and observability. You will utilize a technology stack including Java, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines while potentially leveraging React or Angular. This position focuses on solving complex problems within the merchant integration space by building robust technical implementations for next-generation AI-powered commerce experiences and large-scale distributed systems.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Texas?

Median $190975 from 202 postings across 40 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and develop scalable backend services, APIs, and platform capabilities for Intelligent Commerce products.
  • Build cloud-native applications using modern microservices architectures.
  • Translate business and product requirements into robust technical implementations.
  • Perform coding, testing, debugging, and performance optimization to deliver high-quality software.
  • Improve system reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Support CI/CD pipelines and initiatives to improve development productivity.
  • Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering best practices.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical skill development across the team.

What we're looking for

  • A Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience, an Advanced degree with 2+ years, a PhD, or 8+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and coding expertise.
  • Solid system design and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to deliver features independently with an ownership mindset.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills.
  • Experience building scalable distributed systems (preferred).
  • Strong proficiency in Java and/or Python (preferred).
  • Experience with microservices, REST APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and cloud-native development (preferred).

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