Sr. Data Engineer at Visa

Foster City, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Feb, 26

Salary

173950.0

Posted On

21 Nov, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Data Engineering, ETL Processes, Data Modeling, Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, GenAI, Python, Java, Microservices, REST APIs, Agile, CI/CD, Problem Solving, Team Collaboration, Data Structures

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Company Description Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa. Job Description The Data and Artificial Intelligence Platform (DAP) group is a key component of Visa's Technology organization, providing the enabling technology and processes to handle Visa's data assets and deliver valuable information, products, and services to customers. Within DAP, the Data as a Service (DaaS) team consists of skilled data engineers focused on building data pipelines to meet Visa's data needs and delivers secure, high-quality, and easy-to-use data assets. As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll join our Data & AI Platform – Data as a Service organization in Foster City, California. You will help design, enhance, and build our data infrastructure and pipelines within an agile development environment, using Gen AI regularly, and collaborating with colleagues who will support and challenge you daily. Primary responsibilities: As a Sr. Data Engineer, you will play a key role in the innovation, design, and development of comprehensive data pipeline solutions. Essential functions includes: Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines and ETL processes Design and develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models to map our data requirements into database structures Ensure data services are highly available, secure, scalable, and resilient. Improve and support production systems, ensuring that production issues are promptly resolved Collaborate with the agile team, user community, architects, and support teams to understand requirements and implement effective solutions Drive innovation to differentiate our data products and accelerate time-to-market delivery. Represent the team in various technical forums and build deep partnerships with product management. Adhere to established software development guidelines, security standards and responsible use of Gen AI tools and frameworks Help maintain atmosphere of mutual accountability What We Offer: Exciting Challenges: We work at a scale rarely seen in the industry, solving complex data and AI problems across the entire stack, offering limitless opportunities to leverage and lead in this ever-growing field. Teamwork and Fun: Each of us brings diverse and rich experiences to the team, enabling us to deliver much more than the sum of our parts and have fun at the same time. Fantastic People: With strong leadership, you will have the opportunity to learn, collaborate, and deliver together with some of the best and most creative minds in the industry. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager. Qualifications Basic Qualification: 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience Preferred Qualifications: 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) Strong programming skills in at least two of the following languages: Java, Python, Go, Scala Experience utilizing GenAI technologies in software development Hands-on experience developing data processing pipeline, feature extraction, production deployment and monitoring Expertise with Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, Trino, Presto, Apache Airflow and NoSQL databases like Hbase working with PB level data volume Hands on Experience in on-prem (Hadoop) and cloud-based data platforms (AWS, Azure, DataBricks) and related data storage (HDFS, S3) and processing tools (Spark) Experience with GenAI or Agentic AI technologies (e.g., LLMs, NLP) and RAG-based architecture and Vector DBs Working experience in building solutions using MCP and A2A frameworks. Advanced proficiency and expertise in J2EE technologies, Microservices and REST APIs Proven track record of building and deploying streaming and batch ETL pipelines using the latest Big Data technologies Experience in an Agile environment, with a strong emphasis on best software development practices such as CI/CD, code reviews, and test automation, using tools like Jira and Jira Align Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a strong team player. Should have key leadership behaviors like Positive attitude, Quick learner, Collaborative and Obsess with Customer Additional Information Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department. Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time. Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers. 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. Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code. U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 123,000.00 to 173,950.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design, enhance, and build data infrastructure and pipelines. You will also play a key role in the innovation and development of comprehensive data pipeline solutions.