Associate Data Engineer

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

An Associate Data Engineer is a pivotal role working within a cohesive cross-disciplined agile team on the product backlog.  You will work alongside other engineers, as well as other agile team members and consultants. 

In this role you will have a balance of supporting our existing data delivery and billing systems, delivering to our platform modernisation strategy, unplanned work, and contribution to critical initiatives. 

You will need a dedication to technical excellence, not only in writing code, but also in team-collaboration, testing, documentation. Good communication skills are essential, as well as a “can-do” attitude and willingness to work across various disciplines if required. 

As part of this role, you will: 

• Be working in AWS Cloud development, GitHub, Jira, Confluence 
• Participate in technical design in collaboration with other engineers and specialists 
• Follow coding style standards and guidelines 
• Write unit, integration, and automation tests 
• Learn Visa Spend Clarity domain concepts 
• Write documentation 
• Provide support to other teams  
• Participate in knowledge sharing with other team members 
• Practice agile scrum methodology 
• Contribute to improving team agile processes 

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

Experience required in:

• Cloud environments – AWS preferred
• Data ETL/ELT transformation (e.g., Python, Glue, SSIS)
• Serverless technologies (e.g., S3, Lambda, DynamoDB)
• SQL (foundational skills)
• Data modelling and design experience
• Scripting (e.g., PowerShell)
• Data governance
• CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Octopus, CodePipeline)
• Source control (e.g., Git)
• Performance monitoring and resolution
• Working in an agile team environment

Desired experience in:

• .Net development
• Test automation
• Gen AI tools

What will also help:

• 2-3 years’ experience in professional software development with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA)
• Effective communication skills to make complex concepts accessible for business team members
• Good problem-solving skills, comfortable working in complex, challenging environments with a high attention to detail
• A growth mindset, constantly aspiring to learn and develop
• Self-motivated, outcome oriented with the ability to progress multiple priorities concurrently
• An ability to master new tools and skills as required

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.