Software Engineer at Visa

Visa
Cardiff, UK
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Internship / Graduate position
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

C (Programming Language) Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Automation of Tests C++ (Programming Language) Software Quality Code Review Continuous Integration Data Structures Programming Tools Python (Programming Language) Scrum Methodology
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Software Construction Software Engineering GitHub Copilot Claude Code Generative AI Agentic-AI Information Technology Free and Open-Source Software Programming Languages

Job description

  • Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year., + This role offers an excellent opportunity to begin your career in software engineering while gaining deep exposure to the payments industry and modern cloud-native technologies used across OVN. You will work as part of a scrum team delivering new features, supporting production systems, and participating in Visa’s strategic adoption of Generative AI across the entire engineering lifecycle.
  • Previous development experience (internships, projects, part-time work) is optional but a strong plus. What matters most is your curiosity, willingness to learn, and passion for building high-quality software. Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the development of new features within the OVN authorization platform using Go and Visa’s internal tooling.
  • Participate in requirements analysis, design discussions, coding, testing, and deployment activities as part of an agile delivery team.
  • Learn and apply Visa’s proprietary rules language and real-time payment processing concepts to support the evolution of the authorization engine.
  • Assist with production system monitoring and support activities to ensure platform stability and reliability.
  • Collaborate with senior engineers, architects, and payment domain experts across multiple geographies.
  • Use software engineering best practices, including code reviews, automated testing, continuous integration, and documentation.
  • Engage with Visa’s Generative AI tools and initiatives, using agentic AI coding assistants to improve productivity and code quality.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to grow into the payment industry domain, learning ISO transaction formats and authorization flows. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Requirements

  • Work experience or a Bachelor’s Degree, + Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electronics/Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
  • Strong understanding of programming fundamentals (e.g., data structures, algorithms, problem-solving).
  • Familiarity with at least one modern programming language such as Go, Java, C, C++, Python, or similar.
  • Curiosity, willingness to learn, and ability to quickly absorb new technical concepts.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a positive, team-focused attitude.
  • Nice-to-Have Skills
  • Prior coding experience through internships, academic projects, hackathons, open-source contributions, or personal projects.
  • Experience using agentic AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cline).
  • Interest in using GenAI models through APIs or SDKs for developer tooling or automation tasks.

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