Staff Data Engineer

US - Foster City, CA · full time · Staff

$146,200 – $233,700

Listed on Visa Inc.’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role leads the design and development of large-scale data pipelines and platforms within Visa's payments technology infrastructure, supporting analytics, reporting, and machine learning across the organization. It suits experienced engineers who can architect distributed systems, mentor junior staff, and drive adoption of big data technologies in a fast-paced environment.

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What they ask for

Required

5+ years relevant work experience (or 2+ years with advanced degree, or PhD)
Design and build large-scale data pipelines for batch and real-time processing
Develop distributed data systems that are highly available, scalable, and resilient
Lead data platform initiatives and proof-of-concept projects
Architecture of solutions using big data technologies
ETL/ELT pipeline development and optimization
Data governance, quality, and operational excellence

Nice to have

6+ years work experience with Bachelor's degree (or 4+ years with advanced degree, or 3+ years with PhD)
Demonstrated leadership delivering enterprise-class applications
Experience with Hadoop, Spark, Python, and SQL
Expertise in Java or Scala and container technologies
Large-scale data pipeline and ML model management
Kafka, Redis, Flink, TensorFlow, Triton, and AWS proficiency
Unix/Shell scripting and Airflow/Control-M scheduling tools
Agile, TDD, CI/CD, and database familiarity
Track record of building reliable, scalable applications
Security analysis and collaboration experience
Technical leadership and mentoring experience