Associate SW Engineer APIs

Posted 4 Days Ago
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Reading, Berkshire, England
Junior
Fintech • Information Technology • Payments
Join a world leader in payments and technology!
The Role
The role involves developing and testing APIs, following secure coding practices, collaborating in an agile environment, and participating in release management processes.
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Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

Visa is seeking a Associate Software Engineer specializing in APIs to join our Visa Recurring Payment Monitor team. This role will be primarily responsible for the development, documentation, testing, and release of various API components using open-source technologies. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with other Software Engineers and Test Engineers within the team and other Product Development teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop high-quality API code deliverables following the team’s development process and adhering to the team’s definition of done/completion.
  • Implement best practices and Visa standards in secure coding and overall delivery processes.
  • Review code created by other software engineers.
  • Actively participate in the agile software development process and contribute to its continuous improvement.
  • Contribute to release management, code configuration management, and continuous delivery pipeline processes.
  • Assist the application support team with application deployments in production environments.
  • Collaborate efficiently with the team to ensure timely turnaround of work products.
  • Exhibit enthusiasm for change activities to foster a positive atmosphere.
  • Identify scope creeps and inform the appropriate stakeholders.
  • Identify and mitigate risks that may impact the product.
  • Ensure proper documentation is available for each area of delivery.
  • Participate in maintenance activities such as security patching and technology version upgrades.  

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelors degree, OR 3+ years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.
• 1 to 2 years of relevant experience.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
• Essential experience in developing RESTful APIs using JSON, Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate.
• Experience in developing applications using MySQL/Postgres database technology.
• Proficiency in Software Configuration Management & Continuous Integration principles, and tools like Jenkins, Bitbucket, Git, Maven, JFrog Artifactory, and Groovy.
• Knowledge and experience of working in containerized environments such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Knowledge of UNIX and shell scripting.
• Experience in various forms of testing in agile environments using automated testing techniques and tools/technologies like Test Driven Development (TDD), Rest Assured, Selenium, Gherkin and Cucumber.
• Familiarity with developing User Interface applications using Angular and JavaScript is beneficial.
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Ability to report the status of delivery effectively on a regular basis.
• Desired experience in secure coding practices and security design.
• Positive attitude, problem-solving skills, conflict resolution, and enabling team collaboration are key traits for this position.
• Experience with high availability active-active & active-passive multi-data centre applications with disaster recovery capabilities is beneficial.
• Knowledge of Big Data platforms such as Spark, Scala, Hive, HDFS, Map Reduce, Yarn, HBASE, or Kafka is an advantage.

Visa is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Apply Now to join our team and help shape the future of Visa’s API solutions.

Additional Information

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.

Top Skills

Angular
Bitbucket
Cucumber
Docker
Gherkin
Git
Groovy
Hibernate
Java
JavaScript
Jenkins
Jfrog Artifactory
Kubernetes
Maven
MySQL
Postgres
Rest Assured
Restful Apis
Selenium
Shell Scripting
Spring Boot
Test Driven Development
Unix
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
26,500 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1958

What We Do

At Visa, we are driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. As our products and technology have evolved with the world, Visa remains ubiquitous, reaching new customers in new and often invisible ways. We are at the center of this digital revolution with a network that connects people with over 80 million businesses all over the world. And Visa’s network is expanding, accelerating our growth. Our resilient business model, with its strong track record of success, will provide you with amazing opportunities to grow in your career, as well.

We are looking for people like YOU. Come join a people-centric company where you can invest in your career.

For more information, visit visa.com/about, visacorporate.tumblr.com and @VisaNews on Twitter.

Why Work With Us

Our employees are our company. Creating an inclusive and diverse workplace has been our key priority. With our purpose to “uplift everyone, everywhere” as our guide, we’re building an environment where diverse backgrounds and perspectives are celebrated and drive success inside our company and out in our communities.

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