Staff SW Engineer - Blockchain
Foster City, CA

Job Description

Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind - making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa's sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more delightful to use.

The Visa team plays a critical role in executing on that vision. We're building the most secure and trusted digital asset exchange for institutions and professional traders. We take on hard engineering problems around speed, usability, scalability, security and financial safety to help our customers invest in the rapidly growing digital asset space, and to protect their investments. This is where you come in.

You'll help build our flagship trading interface, portfolio management features, and entirely new products that the ecosystem hasn't seen before. You'll also work with our security and risk engineering teams to build trust and safety features to protect user accounts, without compromising on the user experience. If you're excited by the problem space of designing and delivering engaging user experiences, building performant user interfaces, and building trustworthy financial systems, we should talk!

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

* BS or MS Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or Data Analytics
* 8+ years of experience with server-side web development frameworks
* Experience as an architecture team lead/ panel for reviewing new features
* Experience with Node.JS to create software as a service API products
* Experience with RESTful API design, SDK development, MVC, and Javascript
* Proficiency with Kafka, Spark, Cassandra, Redis/Aerospike, RocksDB, Postgres
* Experience with unit and functional testing and debugging
* Proficiency with algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis
* Knowledge of cryptocurrencies at a technical level
* Experience with Docker, and Kubernetes highly preferred
* Experience in financial services technology such as Clearing & Settlement, Exchanges, Trading, & Order Management Systems, Lending & Risk Analysis, and others requiring low latency / real time data processing preferred
* Working knowledge of regulatory compliance within the cryptocurrency sector is preferred

Essential Functions

* Own the functionality and scalability features by taking responsibility from the inception to deployment and customer integration
* Design, architect and implement robust and high performance API platforms
* Build integration libraries and SDKs to interface with our server and APIs
* Expose and document functionality to the UI, third-party developers, and our internal and external tooling
* Collaborate closely with all engineering teams to ensure consistency in understanding of technical requirements and overall work quality
* Provide mentorship to your peers in the broader engineering team through code reviews and education on best practices

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, reach with hands and arms, and bend or lift up to 25 pounds.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law