Staff Software Engineer

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

As a member of our development team, the Sr. Java Developer will design and develop high volume, low latency applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high availability. You will support webbased application development and maintenance, and contribute to and grow our software engineering competency. The Sr. Java Developer must have broad experience in web application development. The Sr. Java Developer provides input and support for and performs full systems life cycle management activities (e.g., analysis, technical requirements, design, coding, testing, implementation, etc.) of application software. This position collaborates with teams and supports emerging technologies to ensure effective communication and achievement of objectives. This position provides knowledge and support for applications development, and integration and maintenance. The selected candidate must have excellent communication skills and strong organizational skills, be able to meet deadlines, as well as interact effectively with other developers, and management.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own end-to-end delivery of increasingly complex projects beyond individual development scope

• Work independently with minimal oversight, tackling complex tasks and overcoming roadblocks through advanced debugging

• Scope high-level project requirements, devise solutions, implement, and launch successfully

• Lead large engineering groups through smooth, drama-free launches, focusing on technical testing and performance planning

• Deliver software on time and enhance team estimation accuracy

• Understand the business impact of code and empathize with users to guide task prioritization

• Balance technical, analytical, and product goals to build holistic solutions

• Identify technical problems, propose solutions, gain cross-team buy-in, and manage implementation

• Write high-quality, bug-free code and deliver well-tested features to QA, aligned with industry best practices

• Be recognized beyond the core team as a tech leader, collaborating effectively with non-technical stakeholders

• Contribute to organization-wide standards and provide technical guidance impacting multiple teams

• Research emerging technologies and maintain deep architectural knowledge of their domain

• Spot major issues and opportunities across the organization and drive cross-team solutions

• Proactively clean up technical debt and foster a culture of sustainable code practices

• Identify and communicate risks in code, features, and design to relevant stakeholders

• Set technical direction for their pillar and play a key role in strategic decision-making

• Participate in architectural design reviews, offering feedback and guided contributions

• Suggest future work areas for self and team while upholding shared standards

• Balance leadership and hands-on contribution by mentoring junior engineers while maintaining deep technical involvement

• Build evidence-based cases to support ideas and drive adoption

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
Proficiency in Java and Enterprise Java technologies

Expertise in the Spring framework (Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Security)

Skilled in designing and implementing RESTful web services

Proven ability to build web applications from the ground up

Experience translating business requirements into technical design documents

Ability to write well-designed, testable, and efficient code

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Docker, Jenkins, and Concourse

Experience with cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Knowledge of Agile (Scrum) methodologies, test-driven development, test automation, and continuous delivery

Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles

Demonstrated success in applying design patterns and software engineering best practices

Experience with OAuth2 authentication protocols

Solid understanding of Hibernate ORM

Proficient in microservices architecture

Excellent knowledge of relational databases (SQL) and NoSQL technologies

Experience using Maven for project management and build automation

Familiarity with JBoss application server

Experience with Java Messaging Service (JMS)

Understanding of Gitflow workflow for version control

Spanish: Native speaker

English: Highly proficient in both spoken and written communication

EXPERIENCE
Technology Years of Experience
Java 5+ years
Spring 4+ years
CI/CD 2+ years
PREFERRED SKILLS


Familiarity with cloud-native design and development practices

Experience working with Spanner DB

Proven leadership in development teams

Background in financial applications, particularly in peer-to-peer systems and payment card integration

Additional Information

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.

Client-provided location(s): Bogota, Colombia

Job ID: 0f0a3362-10c8-4be3-978e-87f1506a1078

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-11T13:44:32