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Visa Senior Data Engineer - Big Data, Java in Foster City, California
This position is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about solving challenging business problems and building applications that provide an excellent user experience. You will be an integral part of the Payment Products development team focusing on design and build of software solutions that leverage data to solve business problems. The role is for a self-motivated individual with software engineering skills and expertise with Big Data technologies. The candidate will be extensively involved in hands-on activities including POCs, design, documentation, development and test of new functionality. Candidate must be flexible and willing to switch tasks based on team's needs. * Responsible for the design, development and implementation. * Work on development of new products iteratively by building quick POCs and converting ideas into real products. * Design and develop mission-critical systems, delivering high-availability and performance. * Interact with both business and technical stakeholders to deliver high quality products and services that meet business requirements and expectations while applying the latest available tools and technology. * Develop code to ensure deliverables are on time, within budget, and with good code quality. * Have a passion for delivering zero defect code and be responsible for insuring the team's deliverables meet or exceed the prescribed defect SLA. * Coordinate Continuous Integration activities, testing automation frameworks, and other related items in addition to contributing core product code. * Present technical solutions, capabilities, considerations, and features in business terms. Effectively communicate status, issues, and risks in a precise and timely manner. * Perform other tasks on R&D, data governance, system infrastructure, and other cross team functions, on an as-needed basis The position will be based at Visa's headquarters in Foster City, California. This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both home and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office three days a week, Monday (Sunday in some countries where Sunday is the start of the week) and Wednesdays. Wednesdays are designated as in-office collaboration days. The third day in the office will be decided based on team needs and determined in partnership with senior leadership. We are seeking team members that are passionate, visionary and insatiably inquisitive. Successful candidates frequently have a mix of the following qualifications: Basic Qualifications: 2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD) 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) • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in building large-scale applications using open source technologies • Post graduate degree in Computer Science/ Engineering, Information Science or a related discipline with strong technical experiences highly desired • Previous exposure to financial services is a plus, but not required • Extensive experience with SQL and big data technologies (Hadoop, Java, Spark, Hive etc.) tools for large scale data processing and data transformation • Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools like Tableau, or other programs highly desired • Experience working in an Agile and Test Driven Development environment. • Experience with Kafka is highly desired • Strong knowledge of API development is highly desired • Strategic thinker and good business acumen to orient data engineering to the business needs of internal clients • Demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor, strong attention to detail, team oriented, energetic, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible style Visa has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees and visitors. As a condition of employment, all employees based in the U.S. are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved or as otherwise required by law. _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.