Visa Hiring for API Software Engineer Job at London, England Full Time

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

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Visa Payments Ltd (VPL) is a division of Visa Inc. focusing on cross border push payments to bank accounts. We are looking for an API Staff SW Engineer (Consultant) to work within our Solution Delivery team. This individual will be an integral part of the scrum team of 9 API developers, 3 of whom are in London and the remaining 6 are offshore. You will be passionate about developing the team through knowledge sharing.

This team is responsible for owning the APIs for our payment processing platform, from requirements through to design, implementation, test, release and third-line support. You will need to work with Product to deliver new feature enhancements whilst liaising with Cyber security to ensure all solutions are robust and free from vulnerabilities.

Required Skillset

• Proven hands-on experience in Apigee platform and API management (creating API proxies, configure policies on Apigee Edge as well as creating swagger specifications)
• Expert Apigee knowledge and experience in Java, Node JS and JavaScript programming languages
• Strong experience of RESTful API design principles
• Experience of an API Gateway and management product ideally Apigee Edge
• API documentation such as Open API Specification, Swagger, RAML
• Experience in API authentication and authorisation concepts using Oauth, SAML, Open ID connect, Mutual Authentication (MTLS).
• Understanding of load balancers, firewalls, TCP, TLS, SSH
• Operating APIs in production (logging, analytics, monitoring, alerting)
• API testing such as Postman
• Strong knowledge and experience of Agile methodologies
• Full SDLC experience with CI/CD using TeamCity or Jenkins.
• Experience in coaching software developers.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships and work collaboratively with and through others.
• Experience in a highly analytical, results-oriented environment with cross-functional interactions.
• Strong experience of software testing lifecycle and techniques such as unit, integration, acceptance, regression test and the use of mocks and stubs.
• Ability to break down and solve complex problems and follow solutions through to completion.
• Ability to function autonomously, exercise sound decision-making skills, and serve as an advocate for Visa’s business goals and objectives.

Flex Work Arrangement – Hybrid Position – This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.

• A degree in software engineering, another engineering discipline or a scientific discipline is

required.

• Proven hands-on experience in an API development role ideally using Apigee.
• Previous experience with financial services or payments processing domain is a big plus.
• Apigee certifications/skill badges desirable.

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.