About the position
Visa’s Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce. We operate the world’s most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants, 15k Financial Institutions, and billions of everyday people. While working with us you’ll get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms. The Opportunity: Visa's Observability Team ensures the effective monitoring and logging of the company's infrastructure and applications. Utilizing a variety of tools to provide comprehensive observability, which aids in proactively identifying and troubleshooting issues, enhancing system performance, and ensuring high availability. Our latest project involves build in-house enterprise level log management solutions. We are seeking a visionary and highly experienced Senior Staff Engineer to play a pivotal role in this initiative and lead the development effort. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional technical expertise, leadership skills, and a strategic mindset to drive the success of our project.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical vision and strategy for our log management system.
- Lead the architecture and design of complex, mission-critical systems.
- Collaborate with executives and other stakeholders to align technical goals with business objectives.
- Mentor and develop engineering talent across the organization.
- Ensure the implementation of best practices in software development and system design.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, promoting knowledge sharing and professional development.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks and ensure the reliability and scalability of the system.
- Stay at the forefront of technological advancements and apply them to our work.
- Collaborate closely with all business units to migrate their knowledge objects from Splunk to Log management solutions.
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in software development with Bachelor’s or 6+ years with Masters.
- Expertise in Golang and Java.
- Good to have knowledge of C, C++, and Python.
- Deep knowledge of observability tools such as Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Fluentbit, etc.
- Deep knowledge of database technologies, preferably Clickhouse or other columnar databases.
- Strong leadership and strategic thinking abilities.
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven experience in leading large-scale, complex projects.
- Experience with Ansible is an added advantage.
- Must have Unix knowledge.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401 (k)
- FSA/HSA
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness Program
