Visa Hiring for Software Engineer – Consultant Job at Reading, 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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Building a suite of development and test tools for core systems and Open VisaNet will involve collaboration with an exceptional group of software engineers, security specialists, DevOps engineers, test automation engineers, designers, analysts, payment experts and architects across multiple geographies.

This role requires an experienced software engineer who wants to work in a cross-functional development team, combining end-user support, training, development, test/QA, and analysis/design skills. The team is currently responsible for building and enhancing a transaction driving tool that is being adopted across many teams within the development and QA space. Excellent Java and Go development skills, experience of database administration and exposure to managing software deployment automation using a variety of technologies such as Jenkins would be desirable, and existing business knowledge of the card payments sector would also be nice to have.

A successful candidate would have a deep understanding of one or more of the technologies above and a desire to learn more. As the development of services and client offerings evolves over time, so will the tools we use in our development and test teams so flexibility and a willingness to learn is paramount.

The ideal candidate will have experience working across the full spectrum of software development (including requirements gathering, design, development, QA and deployment) and have excellent communication skills as first-line support for user queries and investigation of issues is a primary objective.

The ideal candidate will be able to work alongside other team members, contribute toward design decisions and input into best practice and ways of working within the team. The candidate may be expected to lead on smaller project level deliverables, maintaining stakeholder relationships with internal partners.

This role provides an ideal opportunity for a candidate who has strong Software Engineering credentials with a goal of increasing payment industry knowledge and experience.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electronics/ Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline is required
• Excellent communication skills, with examples of influencing, listening actively and negotiating within a team environment to effectively advocate for Software Engineering best practice within the department and communicate design decisions effectively
• Extensive relevant work experience in electronic payment systems development and support essential
• Prior experience in developing web-based User Interfaces and of using Jenkins for automation and deployment
• Positive attitude, friendly to others, encouraging of co-operation, honesty, and respectfulness in the workplace
• Deep experience of at least one of the Programming languages (Java, Go) and knowledge on Unix Shell scripting, MySql and Vaadin with a strong understanding of programming fundamentals (training with the use of specific languages, tools and custom APIs and wrappers for the program is available through our world-class Visa University assets).
• Relevant experience of Linux/Unix based systems and excellent shell scripting skills
• Collaborative mindset, with an ability to empathise with colleagues and establish relationships
• Willingness to develop extensive payments industry and authorisation specific business knowledge and understanding

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.