Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, technology is at the heart of what we do. Our VisaNet network is capable of handling over 65,000 transaction messages per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks.

We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

What do we do? The Network Processing (NP) – Test Engineering (TE) team supports the VisaNet Integrated Payment (VIP) System by delivering quality services and solutions using best-in-class processes, methodologies, and technology with our worldwide workforce. We are an integral part of Visa delivering projects that support the worldwide Business Releases quarterly, monthly and weekly projects and maintenance work, as well as multiyear infrastructure projects that introduce new programming logic via IBM High Level Assembler (HLASM), C++ and Object Oriented code. We also support and work with other peer Test Engineering organizations to support integration, downstream and end-to-end testing to ensure no defects adversely affect the VIP production systems.

The VIP Test Engineering team is committed to leveraging innovative technology solutions to enhance software quality and accelerate the time-to-market of different product platforms. We test approximately 1000+ changes to our systems in any given year while collaboratively maintaining a better than 99.7 percent fail safe percentage to an authorization system that supports over 65,000 transactions per second (billions of messages a year).

Who are we looking for? You! We are looking for candidates with experience in software design, development and testing. You will be part of a talented software testing team that works on mission-critical payment applications and be responsible for testing the code manually as well as build and utilize automated test scripts and tools to test the application. You are a team player, making sure that everyone in the team feels valued and is excited to work with you. Location, time pressure, distractions, none of it matters: no matter the environment, you know you can be involved in the implementation of industry standard best practices for test automation initiatives, design and develop highly capable, bug-free complex tools, test automation frameworks and solutions following secure SDLC standards.

As a Test Engineer, you will be involved in value-based exploratory testing in addition to regular systematic functional and regression testing, risk identification, and production deployment/support. In order to retain the quick time-to-market of different product platforms, you should be able to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment balancing aggressive development schedules with the need for quality software. Providing innovative approaches to coordinate multi-region testing allowing more condensed testing schedules will be within daily activities.

All in all, you are a motivated personality who is able to proactively identify ways to add value to the team, even when they may not be spelled out, you are flexible and willing to switch tasks based on team's needs. No matter the challenge, you know you can find a solution and encourage others to think the same. You recognize when to ask for help and when to collaborate with others and work across departments. You are team-oriented having strong work ethics with an innate desire to take up ownership and drive initiatives.

Why us? Working at Visa is challenging. The problems that we face and solve and the decisions that we make affect the world. Visa is all about helping people around the world reach their ‘everywhere’ – the place where their personal, professional and financial goals intersect. If you have the ambition, focus and drive, and are interested in joining a global team focused on changing the way the world pays and is paid, you'll find your ‘everywhere’ at Visa.

The Sr. SW Engineer – NP Test Engineering will be will be an individual contributor role based in Bangalore and will report to Visa's Network Processing – Test Engineering Management at Bangalore.

Primary Responsibilities - As Test Automation Engineer:

1. Coordinate and collaborate with VIP Test Engineering (VIP TE) stakeholders, technical leads and staff members to define requirements / modifications for use in designing appropriate test automation tools, frameworks and solutions. Evaluate options and provide recommendation on scope and scale of effort required to develop such solutions to further our ‘Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD)’ goals.

2. Contribute to all phases of project execution including requirements gathering, creating design documents, coding and unit testing, technical documentation till production implementation. Responsibility includes developing new programs and subprograms, as well as enhancements, and maintenance of the existing software(s). The product developed should be of the highest quality meeting all requirements within the scheduled timeframe.

3. Develop innovative approaches to accommodate tight schedules and resource constraints using test automation. Build and implement scalable, reusable test automation frameworks. Develop modular automated test scripts utilizing reusable functions, data-driven techniques and perform basic management of automation libraries.

4. Demonstrate solid understanding of automation best practices and architecture for performance, reliability, scalability, usability, security, flexibility, maintainability, and cost. Suggest and cultivate ideas on the extension of the current test tools and frameworks to new products and services. Identify opportunities for further enhancements and refinements to standards, processes, technology, and test tools. Articulate technology solutions as well as explain the competitive advantages of various technology alternatives.

5. Communicate, collaborate and work closely with VIP TE team members across geographies to help them comprehend, define, develop, maintain and execute automated test scripts and tools.

   Primary Responsibilities - As Test Engineer:

1. Design and develop comprehensive test plans and test cases from business requirements and conceptual documents for the application changes and efficiently execute the same across all functional areas, products and solutions.

2. Test code manually as well as build test automation suites to enable the team to be more efficient and effective. Analyze and report test results to Development and Product teams.

3. Collaborate and work with Development, System Architecture and Product teams to analyze, debug and resolve design or code issues. Be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the SDLC.

4. Report project status, highlight risks and issues to Project Managers and Management and also provide solutions and options.

5. Implement standard processes, tools, and metrics to deliver large-scale projects from
   inception to conclusion that meet quantifiable business objectives.

6. Maintain appropriate vendor, partner relationships and internal service level agreements
   to facilitate daily workflow.

7. Coordinate and support integration, end-to-end testing with peer Test Engineering groups to ensure
   seamless code releases.

8. Build and maintain test environments, automated test suites.

1. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Electronics (or equivalent technical degree) is required; Master’s degree in Engineering is a plus.

2. 2 ~ 4 years of relevant work experience or an equivalent mix of work and project experience in software development, manual and/or automated testing, preferably in the Electronic Payments domain (required).

3. In-depth understanding of SDLC and STLC, development and test engineering processes and methodologies.

4. Solid design, development, coding and testing skills with comprehensive knowledge of industry standard developer and test engineering best practices.

5. Knowledge of ISO 8583, SOAP / XML, JSON etc. messaging will be required. Familiarity with RESTful APIs, SOAP UI will be an added advantage.

6. Preferably 2 ~ 3+ years’ experience in –

   - zTPF (Mainframe), VM/CMS, VM/VPARS etc.

   - IBM S/390 Assembler/HLASM, C/C++,

   - SQL, DB2 (ability to write and execute SQL queries to validate data),

   - IBM TPF Toolkit and associated Debugger.

7. Must have solid understanding of object-oriented concepts and any of the following programming languages [1) advanced C# including WPF, XAML programming, WPF MVVM design patterns, UI/UX design AND/OR, 2) advanced JAVA including system/network programming, backend programming and multithreaded programming, UI/UX design]. Relevant experience is mandatory. Additionally, knowledge of Python will be required.

8. Working knowledge of Mainframe Assembler language (IBM HLASM), REXX/VM Programming (including PIPE programming), Databases (SQL Server / NoSQL / MongoDB / MySQL etc.), Web APIs, Web Services, VB Scripting etc. are a big plus.

9. Must be able to write technical design and build documentation for all aspects of a technical infrastructure.

10. Experience using version control repository and source code management products such as GitHub, TFS etc. and other tools like Jira, SharePoint, Wiki and Jenkins etc. Familiar with TestNG or other framework(s) for unit testing.

11. Should have excellent problem solving, analytical and technical troubleshooting skills. Be able to thrive in a self-motivated internal-innovation driven environment.

12. Demonstrated ability to work well with a globally distributed team in a high performance organization.

13. Willingness and desire to learn new skills and take on new tasks and initiatives. Proven ability to multi-task independently in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple competing priorities with minimal direction from management. Should be process oriented and possess excellent planning and organizational skills.

14. Capability to prioritize work and maintain focus. Ability to understand departmental goals and strategies from all levels, from the ‘big picture’ enterprise-level view to the ‘low-level’ technical view.

15. Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written), able to train team members/users on topics, provide presentations to an internal audience, ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise way, interact positively and work closely with management.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.