About the role
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Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.
Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.
Job Description
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer to join the Platform Engineering organization. The role will focus on application onboarding, deployment automation, production release support, platform modernization, operational excellence, and engineering productivity initiatives.
The engineer will work closely with development teams, SREs, architects, and platform teams to enable secure, scalable, and compliant deployments across cloud-native environments while driving automation and reducing operational friction.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Engineering & Application Onboarding
Support onboarding of applications to the enterprise deployment platform.
Assist development teams in adopting platform standards, deployment patterns, and operational best practices.
Enable modernization initiatives including containerization and cloud-native deployments.
Release & Deployment Management
Support production and non-production deployments across multiple applications and environments.
Coordinate release activities, implementation plans, validation activities, and rollback procedures.
Troubleshoot deployment issues and drive resolution during implementation windows.
Automation & Engineering Productivity
Develop automation scripts and tools to improve deployment efficiency and operational reliability.
Contribute to CI/CD pipeline enhancements and deployment standardization initiatives.
Automate repetitive operational processes and improve observability.
Infrastructure & Middleware Support
Support Kafka, RabbitMQ, API Gateway, certificate management, and connectivity-related activities.
Assist with provisioning, configuration validation, and operational troubleshooting.
Collaborate with infrastructure teams to resolve platform dependencies.
Operational Excellence
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and problem management activities.
Contribute to operational runbooks, deployment procedures, and knowledge management.
Monitor application health and support production stability initiatives.
Security & Compliance
Support vulnerability remediation and security-driven platform improvements.
Ensure deployments and operational activities comply with organizational standards and controls.
Participate in audit and compliance-related activities when required.
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline.
Experience
4-7 years of software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or production support experience.
Experience supporting large-scale enterprise applications.
Experience working in Agile development environments.
Technical Skills
Strong knowledge of Java-based applications and microservices architecture.
Experience with Linux/Unix systems administration.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, Jenkins, GitLab, or similar).
Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
Knowledge of cloud-native deployment concepts.
Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka and RabbitMQ.
Understanding of REST APIs and integration patterns.
Knowledge of SQL databases and troubleshooting database-related issues.
Experience with scripting using Shell, Python, or similar languages.
Operational Skills
Production support and incident management experience.
Root cause analysis and troubleshooting skills.
Release deployment and change management experience.
Strong documentation and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with enterprise payment platforms or financial services applications.
Knowledge of observability tools and monitoring platforms.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation frameworks.
Exposure to cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Experience supporting highly available and mission-critical applications.
Understanding of security, compliance, and vulnerability remediation processes.
Visa is an EEO Employer
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.