Staff Software Engineer

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.

Visa’s Corporate Legal Technology team builds secure, scalable platforms that power global privacy, compliance, and legal operations. We design and deliver systems that support data privacy programs, legal holds, data retention, workflows, regulatory reporting, and internal and external audit needs. Our applications are critical to the trust and integrity of Visa’s brand and operations.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader who architects, builds, and scales secure services and front-end experiences supporting legal and privacy workflows. You will own complex systems end to end from requirements and solution design through implementation, automation, observability, and production reliability while mentoring engineers and partnering with legal, privacy, security, and data teams.

This is a hybrid position based in Austin, TX. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. 

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
• 10 years of professional software engineering experience across the full SDLC, including design, development, testing, deployment, and operations
• Strong proficiency in Python, Flask, or FastAPI for building secure, scalable APIs
• Hands on experience with React JS, modern state management, and component driven development
• Demonstrated experience with automation and cybersecurity
• Experience with relational databases Working knowledge of NoSQL where appropriate
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and containerization
• Strong understanding of privacy and security concepts
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor others.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% 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.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY:  The estimated salary range for this position is $131,600.00 to $210,300.00 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.