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
About the role:
The Staff Software developer in Test (SDET) role is an ambassador of quality. You’ll be joining one of our Agile Product squads which consist of a Software Engineering Manager, Software Engineers and fellow SDETs, reporting into QA lead. You will play a key role in ensuring the team delivers efficient, effective and scalable solutions for a wide range of problems. You will design, develop, build and maintain QA solutions and processes. You will also coach and guide all in the team on QA best practices.
We are looking for someone:
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Has strong experience of API testing and/or contract testing
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Has strong experience integrating testing at various levels into CI/CD pipelines
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Has played a major role in the delivery of high quality solutions (ideally in a micro services environment) across large cloud-native architectures
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Has played a major role in designing, developing and evolving the test architecture of large scale, highly available cloud solutions
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Has driven positive change towards Continuous testing, DevOps and Agile
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Has an understanding of Cloud-Native architectures and practices. To name some: high-availability, high-scalability, microservices, 12-factor apps, CI/CD, heavy testing automation and observability.
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Has worked as senior QA/SDET in the past, who leads discussions around technical direction and test architecture design decision, as well as mentoring junior SDET members of the team
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Ideally from a background in FinTech, Payments or Financial Services
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.
Qualifications
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
Strong coding and scripting ability in Java and/or Ruby
Excellent communication skills: written & verbal
The ability to technically analyse a problem and a solution and recognise the right level of detail and abstraction to lead discussions with different stakeholders
Comfortable challenging the status quo and always curious about the way things work
A sound understanding of agile methods of software delivery and the principles and practices of BDD, ATDD and TDD
The ability to work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders in order to determine appropriate acceptance criteria for both business and technical needs
Ability to make tactical as well as strategic decisions and recommendations based on incomplete or ambiguous information
Excellent knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI
Strong knowledge of Docker and AWS (public cloud)
Knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS) and Kafka is desirable
Experience with mocking tools such as Wiremock
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.
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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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