Sr. Consultant Software Engineer (Java Backend + Gen AI/LLM)

Visa is hiring a Sr. Consultant Software Engineer (Java Backend + Gen AI/LLM) in IN - Bengaluru.

Responsibilities

o Work as a member of a team responsible for architecting, designing, coding, testing and maintaining Visa's Business Solutions B2B line of products. o Lead architecture and design for the applications you own. Contribute expertise for other application by participating in review sessions. o Lead collaboration with stakeholders and uses understanding of tradeoffs and project costs to determine requirements for a project o Translate functional and non-functional requirements into system designs and communicates how the components will interact o Develop code that complies with design specifications and meets security and Java/J2EE best practices. Use industry standard design patterns where applicable. o Create code that is easily maintainable and have high system performance. o Collaborate with Development & QA staff on individual and team deliverables. o Create documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance. Work with operations team for any production issues o Identify opportunities for future enhancements and refinements to standards, best practices, design patterns and development methodologies. o Work closely with project team and other groups (e.g. Network, QA, Ops, Engineering) o Proactively seek new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products o Follow and enhance Coding and Design best practices o Participate in design and code review sessions to ensure the quality of work delivered by self and teammates are in accordance with development standards. o Review data and statistical analysis results produced within the team to identify complex issues that may affect several features and identifies possible solutions to these problems o Work in a loosely structured, fast-paced organization. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Requirements

10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 5 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 12+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred qualifications

o Experience in code development using Eclipse/MyEclipse, JetBrains IntelliJ or any major Java IDE o Hands‑on experience designing, fine‑tuning, and integrating GenAI/LLM‑based solutions (e.g., OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI), with a track record of building production‑grade AI features or developer tooling. o Deep understanding of vector databases, embeddings, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, and model optimization techniques, with the ability to architect scalable, high‑performance GenAI systems for enterprise use cases. o Experience in building architecture of an application ground up including infra sizing, tech stack identification and performance estimation o Extensive technical experience with Java, Spring, Hibernate, Java and web frameworks at scale. o Experience with GIT/Stash, Maven and Jenkins o Experience with both NoSQL and SQL datastores including MySQL and MongoDB, Unix or Linux platforms o Experience with some of these technologies: Docker/Kubernetes, Kafka, HazelCast, Prometheus, Graphana o Experience with tools development, automation (CI/CD, Auto Deployment, System Availability, etc.) o Experience of latest web technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Angular / React / Jquery, NodeJs), REST, SOAP, XML, JSON and other relevant API standards like OAuth, SAML. o Ability to write clean, coherent code following established coding guidelines o Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and effective communication skills (both written and verbal) o Ability to deliver on multiple projects and manage priorities based on changing directions. Demonstrated ability to lead and navigate through ambiguity o Highly driven, resourceful and results oriented o Experience developing as part of Agile/Scrum team o Passionate about delivering zero defect code that meet or exceed the proposed defect SLA and have high sense of accountability for quality and timeliness of deliverables

About Visa

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. At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters – t