Staff SW Engineer (7-10 years exp, RAG, AI Native Development, Java/Python Full stack)

Visa is hiring a Staff SW Engineer (7-10 years exp, RAG, AI Native Development, Java/Python Full stack) in IN - Bengaluru.

Requirements

• 7-10 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or with an Advanced degree
• Self-driven and willing to work across technologies/languages.
• Expert-level skills in Java or Python with skills in C++ and C# is a bonus.
• Experience in building Generative AI applications, conversational AI, RAG architectures, techniques and libraries
• In-depth understanding of NLP including tokenization, word embeddings, and basic sequence models.
• Understanding of model compression techniques and their trade-offs
• Awareness of transfer learning concepts and their applications
• Familiarity with common robustness issues in AI systems
• Proficiency in front-end web development technologies like ReactJS/Angular/NodeJS.
• Ability to work with large datasets and perform exploratory data analysis
• Experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation techniques
• Experience in configuring build and deployment systems Docker, Jenkins, and Kubernetes.
• Expertise in handling multi-threading, concurrency, and error-handling.
• Demonstrated proficiency in troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, application design, and implementing large components for enterprise projects.
• Knowledge of version control, CI/CD pipelines, and best practices for ML model deployment
• Ability to design and implement AI components and integrate them into larger systems

Preferred qualifications

• Proficiency in implementing and fine-tuning AI models using popular frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn)
• Familiarity with deep learning basics, including neural network architectures and training procedures
• Exposure to leading-edge areas such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Stream Computing and MLOps.
• Experience in the payments tech industry is a plus.

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.

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