Front-End Software Engineer

About Us

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Job Description

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 centred on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms.

The Opportunity

• Design code and systems that touch 40% of the world population while influencing Visa’s internal standards for scalability, security, and reusability.
• Collaborate multifunctionally to create design artifacts and develop best-in‑class software solutions for multiple Visa technical offerings.
• Actively contribute to product quality improvements, valuable service technology, and new business flows in diverse agile squads.
• Develop robust and scalable products intended for a myriad of customers including end‑user merchants, B2B, and business‑to‑government solutions.
• Leverage innovative technologies to build the next generation of Payment Services, Transaction Platforms, Real‑Time Payments, and Buy Now Pay Later Technology.
• Opportunities to make a difference on a global or local scale through mentorship and continued learning opportunities.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates strong technical knowledge in JavaScript full‑stack development.
• Designs and implements responsive, accessible, and performant UI components using modern JavaScript tooling such as React, Next and Express.
• Applies best practices in modular architecture, including Webpack and Module Federation, component libraries and ability to leverage AI tooling to build maintainable and reusable systems and workflows.
• Collaborates cross‑functionally with UX designers, product managers, and backend engineers to deliver cohesive and intuitive user experiences.
• Leverages debugging tools and browser dev tools to identify and resolve UI issues across multiple platforms and devices.
• Participates in code reviews, workshops, refinement and planning efforts and contributes to JavaScript development standards and guidelines across teams.

The Skills You Bring

• Energy and Experience: A passion for crafting seamless user experiences and a curiosity for emerging front‑end technologies.
• Challenge the Status Quo: Willingness to explore innovative UI patterns and push the boundaries of traditional web development.
• Language Expertise: Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with hands‑on experience in frameworks like React, Next and Angular.
• Builder: Proven experience in building and deploying scalable, production‑grade web applications using modern front‑end tooling.
• Learner: Eagerness to explore and adopt technologies like Webpack, Module Federation, Agentic tooling, and micro‑frontend architectures.
• Partnership: Strong collaboration skills with design, product, and engineering teams to deliver high‑quality user interfaces in agile environment.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager. Visa requires at least 3 days in office; expectations of these days 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:

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
• 2+ years of professional experience in front‑end development, building scalable and performant web applications.
• Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with hands‑on experience in modern frameworks such as React, Next.
• Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design principles.

Other Qualifications:

• Experience with Webpack, Module Federation, and other modern front‑end build tools and bundlers.
• Experience with RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of cross‑browser compatibility, accessibility standards (WCAG), and web performance optimization.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies and collaborative development environments.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, and a passion for delivering high‑quality user experiences.

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.