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, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions 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.

The Senior Software Engineer iOS will work with the CEMEA Innovation & Design in Dubai Innovation Centre. Visa Innovation Centre focuses on building technology for the next generation of payments. We work on solving hard problems of the future in IoT, Blockchain, Mobile, UX, Machine Learning, and Data Analytics. We are looking for hands-on expert level software engineers to help us build some innovative products.

This role requires quick problem solving skills, logical thinking, and application of programming techniques to design, build, and maintain code. Good knowledge of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms. In addition to the technical skill set, the candidate will be a self-starter, results-driven, and equipped with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

The Sr. Software Engineer iOS is an individual contributor role, and this developer will work on building and maintaining iOS applications for the innovation centre.

Responsibilities

• You’ll work with clients and partners in the Visa Innovation Centre where required to create, build, and scale new product concepts
• You’ll work with clients and partners, such as financial institutions and large merchants, to bring to life concepts through coded prototypes and APIs sandboxes
• Your DNA would include following and creating software best practices and processes.
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and above all, you are a team player!

• Bachelor or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline
• 5+ years of mobile software development experience
• Expert level skills in iOS, Swift, Objective C
• Experience using RESTful APIs to integrate mobile applications to server side systems.
• Experience with design patterns MVP, MVVM, Viper etc.
• Experience building application frameworks or reusable components
• Passion for Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments in an environment that requires multitasking among concurrent projects.
• Ability to provide thought leadership on mobile excellence and best practices
• Candidate with experience in Android software development (Java, Kotlin, Espresso and Gradle) is preferred.  Any experience with mobile Javascript technologies like React Native, Node, ES6 and related technologies is a plus.
• Experience in building backend services will be a strong plus.