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 a Research Engineer, you will discover, lead and manage a variety of research projects in the Visa research group. In this role, you will drive innovations by introducing technologies, methods, and solutions to deliver innovative products.

You will drive innovation from ideation to implementation. The innovation will build on the foundation distributed computing, block-chain, cloud computing, mobile, identity, IoT, security, cryptography, big data and artificial intelligence, and will research and build seamless, fast, reliable and secure payment solutions.

You will, in many cases, interact with different stake holders, senior executives, research scientists, software engineers and architects, as well as external parties like technology vendors, wallet providers, merchants, issuers and senior product regional managers. You will discover opportunities, propose research opportunities, create research plan, execute and implement the ideas.

You will be integral part of Visa Research team. You will have the opportunity and the responsibility to build the long-term vision for the payment industry and influence the direction of the research and development across Visa.

Key responsibilities include:

  · Implement research problem solutions with prototype and early product by collaborating with other scientists and engineers

  ·  Conduct business and technical analysis, code reviews and unit testing, and implement and produce technical documentation of research solutions for new development, system enhancements, and production support.

· Work and partner with product delivery teams to fully implement the proof of concept and early product in Visa services and products

· Document the milestone of research by delivering research reports in each phase and breakthrough during the research

· Present and demo the research solutions to a committee on the regular basis

· Work with IP team to identify patent-able ideas in the research, as well as publication opportunities

· Champion the innovation across the organizations and industries as an expert in the subject, either by providing consulting or by contributing to technology talks and presentations

· Continue to learn about the payments and technologies in Visa and across industries

·  Contribute in delivery of high quality solutions that conform to requirements and the architectural vision, and comply with all applicable standards. 

·  Engage in requirements definition and clarification in collaboration with Business to ensure completeness and common understanding; deep understanding of the business needs is important.

· Facilitate design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.

· Facilitate code reviews with team members and third party vendors. Review and assess impact of proposed scope changes on assigned deliverable(s).

·  Work with other engineering teams to facilitate a common approach to continuous integration that includes build automation, test automation, and deployment automation.

·  Collaborate with senior technical staff and PM to identify, document, plan contingency, and track and manage risks and issues until all are resolved.

·  Present technical solutions, capabilities, considerations, and features in business terms. Effectively communicate status, issues, and risks in a precise and timely manner. 

Basic

·    Master's Degree Computer Science/Computer Engineering or other technology field

Preferred Skills

·  2 years of work experience with an Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or other technology field

·  Extensive experience programming in at least one or more in C, C++, Java, Python, Scala and Go

·  Very strong interpersonal, facilitation, and leadership skills along with effective communication (both written and verbal) skills and the ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise way; ability to influence and develop relationships with key partners

·  Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures

·  Build and Support Scalable and reliable data solutions and AI/machine learning powered systems that can enable self-service reporting and advanced analytics using modern big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Cloud, No-SQL etc.) in a agile manner.

·  Knowledge and experience working on Single Page Applications development, RESTful services, SQL and NoSQL databases in agile environment.

·  Strong Software development background and capable to execute project from inception to implementation

·  Expert and proficiency in one of the areas among distributed computing, cloud computing, mobile computing, IoT, security, cryptograph, big data, and artificial intelligence

·  Relevant course works in the domain of expertise

·  Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures

·  Results orientation with ability to plan work and work in a team

·  Faster learner in new technologies

·  Experience in multidisciplinary research and development is a plus  

·  Experience in working on large scale of distributed and hybrid system, and/or large datasets is a plus

·  Publications or presentation in recognized computing journals/conferences is a plus

·   Payments industry experience is a plus

Work Hours This position requires the incumbent to be available during core business hours.

Travel Requirements This position requires the incumbent to travel for work 5% 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, and reach with hands and arms.

EEO Statement 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.