Senior Data Engineer - Cloud - Real-Time AI Platform

Company Description

Visa is a global leader in digital payments, facilitating over 215 billion payment transactions amongst consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payment network, empowering individuals, businesses, and economies to flourish.

When you join Visa, you become a part of a culture that prioritizes purpose and belonging – where your growth is valued, your identity is cherished, and the work you do is meaningful. We believe that economies that are inclusive to everyone, everywhere, uplifts everyone, everywhere. The work you do will have a direct impact on billions of people globally – assisting to provide financial access to support the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

Are you ready to have a global impact by advancing AI?

Visa AI as Services (AIaS) operationalizes the delivery of AI and decision intelligence to ensure their ongoing business values. Utilizing composable AI capabilities, privacy-enhancing computation, and cloud-native platforms, AIasS propels and automates the industrialization of data, models, and applications for predictive and generative AI. Together with robust governance, AIaS enhances the performance, scalability, interpretability, and reliability of AI models and services. If you want to be in the thrilling payment and AI space, learn rapidly, and make significant impacts, Visa AI as Services is an ideal place for you!

Essential Functions

This role is for a Senior Data Engineer – Cloud, with an extensive development background, whose main responsibility will be to expand our AI as a Service platform to the Public Cloud while enhancing, optimizing our existing codebase and development procedures, as well as developing new solutions. We are looking for a talented professional with profound knowledge in public cloud and AI/ML production systems. 

The ideal candidate for this role will demonstrate the ability to learn quickly and deliver solutions within strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment. They should have a passion for optimizing existing solutions and making incremental improvements. Excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills, both written and spoken, are essential. Also, they should have knowledge of Agile methodologies, common scrum practices, and tools. 

This role offers ample opportunities for learning and growth, and the chance to be part of delivering the next big thing for our AI as Services team. If you are passionate about cloud technology, AI, and machine learning, and are excited about making a significant impact, we would love to hear from you.

This is a hybrid role. Hybrid employees can alternate between remote and office work. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (managed by leadership/site), generally in the office 50% or more of the time based on business requirements.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR minimum 5 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:
• Substantial Python experience with development experience in one or more of the following: Go, Rust, Java.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, preferably in an AI/ML production environment.
• Hands-on experience with model inference engines such as TensorFlow Serving, Triton, or other AI accelerators.
• Experience with Kubernetes/EKS and HashiCorp Nomad is considered a significant advantage.
• Practical experience with Redis and Kafka.
• Experience with Ray (on-prem, K8, AWS or GCP).
• Familiarity with building large scale distributed, high performance systems in payments or other domains.

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies based on the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires 5-10% travel time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by phone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  All 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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated range for a new hire for this role is 109,400.00 to 139,500.00 USD, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Furthermore, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa offers a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.