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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Systems Engineer, Middleware Engineering - **Company:** Visa Inc. - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $133,300.0 - $213,400.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Apache ActiveMQ, Artificial Intelligence, Apache HTTP Server, Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Linux, Middleware, IBM WebSphere MQ, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Log Analysis, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Routing, Nginx, RabbitMQ, Ansible, Reverse Proxy, Shell Script, Virtual Hosting, Data Logging, Scripting, Transport Layer Security, Enterprise Software Applications, Load Balancing, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Asynchronous Programming, Restful APIs, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** October 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c7886e9d592eb9a8 ## About the Role 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 hands-on skills with NGINX - Apache HTTP Server, Linux, middleware technologies, REST-HTTP, and messaging systems. * Knowledge of mTLS, integration patterns, monitoring, and alerting. * Ability to support mission-critical production environments with quick turnaround times. * Experience partnering with SRE teams to push changes to production. * Strong documentation skills. * Positive attitude and willingness to support after-hours cross-geography handover or sync-up calls at least once per week. * Prior experience as a middleware engineer, systems engineer, platform engineer. * Deep hands-on experience with NGINX in high-availability, multi-tenant environments. * Experience with Apache HTTP Server, SSL-TLS, virtual hosts, proxy modules, and rewrite rules. * Familiarity with messaging platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, ActiveMQ, or similar tools. * Experience with observability tools for monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, and dashboards. * Knowledge of automation using shell scripting, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or CI-CD pipelines. * Exposure to container or cloud-native environments such as Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms. * Practical understanding of GenAI workflows, including MCPs, tools, skills, AI-assisted troubleshooting, and documentation generation. * Ability to identify high-value work that improves ROI, reduces operational toil, and increases platform reliability. * Strong communication, ownership, mentoring, and stakeholder-management skills. ## Description We are looking for a Staff Systems Engineer with strong experience in middleware engineering, reverse proxy technologies, Linux systems, REST-HTTP integrations, messaging technologies, and GenAI-enabled engineering practices. This role requires someone who can operate in mission-critical, multi-tenant environments, support quick turnaround needs, and partner closely with SRE teams to safely deliver production changes. 1. Overall Responsibility The Staff Systems Engineer will be responsible for designing, configuring, deploying, and troubleshooting middleware and reverse proxy platforms that support critical enterprise applications., * Own and support middleware platforms, NGINX, and Apache HTTP Server across lower and production environments. * Design and operate multi-tenant reverse proxy solutions, especially using NGINX. * Support mission-critical systems with fast issue resolution and reliable change execution. * Partner with SRE teams to validate and push changes to production. * Drive work with a strong focus on ROI, innovation, automation, reliability, and operational efficiency. * Apply GenAI knowledge, including MCPs, tools, and skills, to improve engineering productivity. * Maintain strong documentation for configurations, deployments, troubleshooting, and handovers. * Collaborate with global teams and participate in after-hours sync-up or handover calls at least once per week., * Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot middleware technologies. * Configure and support NGINX and Apache HTTP Server for routing, reverse proxying, SSL-TLS, load balancing, redirects, and upstream connectivity. * Work extensively in Linux environments for deployment, troubleshooting, log analysis, scripting, and service management. * Support REST APIs, all major HTTP methods, HTTP headers, status codes, authentication flows, and API integration behavior. * Work with messaging technologies and integration patterns for synchronous and asynchronous communication. * Support secure integration patterns including mTLS, certificate handling, service-to-service communication, monitoring, and alerting. * Troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, and platform telemetry. * Work with SRE teams on production readiness, change approvals, deployment validation, rollback planning, and post-deployment monitoring. * Contribute to automation, operational improvements, reusable patterns, and reliability-focused engineering. * Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, configuration guides, deployment steps, and incident notes. * Demonstrate a positive, collaborative attitude and support cross-geography teamwork. Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days 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.