As the world's leader in digital payments technology, Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company's dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device, and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.

At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers.

You're an Individual. We're the team for you. Together, let's transform the way the world pays.

As part of the Visa Technology organization, the Data Products Development team is looking for a hands-on data science manager that is passionate about innovating and delivering differentiated data solutions across the Visa payment network. 

We are looking for a Graph Database Engineer to join our DPD team. The ideal candidate will share a passion for tackling complexity with simplicity and building platforms that can scale through multiple orders of magnitude. We are looking for someone who has real enthusiasm and a passion for technology, and is not afraid of exploring unconventional methods and solutions. The successful candidate will join an agile development team, tasked to build a graph database that extends the reporting and analytics layer of Visa DPD. You will be working with exciting Big Data open-source technologies (Cassandra, Flume, Spark and Kafka) and have a real passion for building high-performance, massively-scalable, highly-available Cloud-based systems.

Essential Functions
• Participate in the architectural design, innovation and development of a new graph database to enrich Visa Data Product Development applications and deliverables.
• Support and troubleshoot systems occasionally outside of regular office hours as needed.
• Plan and negotiate deadlines with peers and stakeholders, managing realistic expectations.

Basic Qualifications:

10 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:  

• High competency in Java with credible exposure to Big Data environments / projects.
• Experience with graph databases such as Dgraph, TigerGraph, JanusGraph, Cayley, Tinkerpop, Neo4j, Amazon Neptune or Azure Cosmos DB.
• Expert knowledge developing and debugging distributed applications in a Java, Scala, C++, Golang on Linux environment.
• Strong software engineering best practices (unit / integration testing, code reviews, design documentation).
• Experience working within distributed teams and practicing agile / DevOps methodologies.
• Expertise in graph database technologies, such as graph query language, query optimization and processing, graph data indexing and storage.
• Experience with data modelling for optimized performance.
• Experience with containerization such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with modern UI frameworks such as Angular or React for visualizing graph relationships and interactions.
• Experience with concurrency, multithreading, server architectures, and distributed systems.
• Extensive knowledge of email messaging and security.
• Experience with network programming including SOAP, REST, HTTP and raw TCP/IP sockets.

Work Hours

The incumbent must make themselves available during core business hours.

Travel Requirements

The position requires the incumbent to travel for work 5% of the time.

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, reach with hands and arms, and bend or lift up to 25 pounds.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.