Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.
Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.
Staff Software Engineers are senior technical leaders and system thinkers who define, architect, and drive the delivery of complex, large-scale software systems. In this role, engineers spend approximately 50–65% of their time in hands-on technical work — coding, architecting, prototyping, and reviewing — while dedicating the remainder to technical leadership, cross-functional alignment, and engineering excellence initiatives. Staff Engineers work with modern tools and platforms (including AI-assisted development, cloud-native services, and automation frameworks) to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality technology solutions that create measurable business impact in the fintech sector. They operate as force multipliers — partnering with engineering managers, product leads, architects, data scientists, compliance, and operations to shape technical strategy, resolve ambiguity, and raise the engineering bar across teams and disciplines.
All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with and advocate for emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to accelerate engineering velocity, improve code quality, and support everyday technical decision-making.
Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Basic Qualifications:
For roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $146,200.00 to $ 233,700.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.
Varies upon the needs of the department.
This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
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.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
Learn more at Visa.com.
