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Senior Software Engineer – Currencycloud at Visa
About Us
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. Our mission is to uplift everyone, everywhere by delivering the best way to pay and be paid.
At Visa, you’ll work on challenges that make a real impact, grow your skills, and contribute to solutions that improve lives globally. Join us and do work that matters—to you, your community, and the world. Progress starts with you.
About the Role
Currencycloud, acquired by Visa in December 2021, relies on Senior Software Engineers to build and evolve its industry-leading API, which has processed over 50 billion USD in cross-border transactions for 5+ million end users, operating 24×7.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping technical direction, designing architecture, and ensuring our platform meets the demands of global, scalable growth.
We operate on AWS, using Kubernetes, a microservices-based architecture, Kafka for streaming, and PACT for contract testing.
What You’ll Get to Do
- Play a key leadership role in your cross-functional squad
- Maintain and expand new parts of our Payments Platform, focusing on high availability, cloud-native, and microservices concepts
- Lead technical discussions on architecture and systems design
- Mentor junior team members and guide project direction
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Core Responsibilities
- Take clear ownership of your domain within the platform
- Work with a modern, scalable codebase with an independent path to production
- Contribute to high-impact business changes with real value
- Participate in innovative collaboration across squads, tribes, and product stakeholders
Our Tech Stack
| Category | Technologies & Standards |
|---|---|
| Core Dev Language | Object-oriented Java (11+) with Spring Boot |
| Cloud & Deployment | Highly-scalable, AWS-based applications (12-factor principles, microservices) |
| Infrastructure | Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform for automation |
| Data & Datastores | SQL, large-scale databases |
| API Standards | OpenAPI (Swagger), contract-driven development |
| Testing | TDD, BDD, Contract Testing (frameworks: JUnit, RSpec, Cucumber) |
| Stream Processing | Kafka |
| Observability & Ops | ElasticSearch, log management, Datadog APM |
| CI/CD | Fully automated pipelines |
| Development Workflow | GitHub PR review process, peer mentorship |
| Team Model | Agile (Scrum/Kanban) following Spotify Squads & Tribes |
Workplace & Culture
- Hybrid position: Expectation of 3+ days in office (confirmation by hiring manager)
- Flexible, collaborative culture with a focus on cross-team alignment
- Fast-paced scale-up environment with opportunities for continuous learning and growth
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Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Java backend development, ideally with:
- Deep knowledge of functional Java (8+) and Spring Boot
- Expertise in cloud & DevOps practices:
- Proven experience with AWS (public cloud), Docker, EKS
- Hands-on experience with Kafka, microservices, event-driven architecture
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, testing automation (TDD/BDD/Contract testing)
- Collaboration skills:
- Ability to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience advocating for scale-up agility (Spotify model), DevOps, MSA
- Mindset & Leadership:
- Pragmatic problem solver with a distributed ownership approach
- Comfortable with large-scale systems, observability, and fault tolerance
- Challenger mindset: willing to question the status quo and coach others
- Soft Skills:
- Strong communication (written/verbal), with technical precision
- Independent, accountable, and solution-driven
About Visa
Visa embraces diversity and is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer. We consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or criminal history (consistent with EEOC guidelines and local law).
Ready to shape the future of payments? Join Currencycloud at Visa!
Apply now and help redefine how the world pays.
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