SW Test Enigeer, Sr. Consultant

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.

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 – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Team Summary

The Testing team is responsible for developing, applying, and maintaining quality standards for Visa products. Develops and executes software test plans. Analyzes and writes test standards and procedures. Maintains documentation of test results. Analyzes test results and recommends corrective action.

What a Senior Consultant, Software Test Engineering does at Visa:

• Delivers complex testing, certification, and solution validation activities independently, ensuring successful project outcomes with minimal oversight.

• Translates business, product, and technical requirements into effective test strategies, validation approaches, and delivery plans across multiple products or components.

• Leads testing activities across assigned initiatives, balancing quality objectives, client requirements, and operational readiness.

• Designs, develops, and reviews test artifacts and automation assets while ensuring alignment with business and technical expectations.

• Applies testing best practices to validate functional and non-functional requirements, including security, performance, scalability, availability, and usability.

• Identifies, analyzes, and resolves technical, operational, and application-related issues through structured troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

• Reviews testing approaches, coverage, automation, and deliverables of peers, providing guidance and escalating risks where appropriate.

• Acts as a trusted subject matter expert, providing consultation to stakeholders on testing, certification, implementation, and solution readiness activities.

• Supports clients and internal partners by providing technical guidance, recommendations, and expertise throughout the testing and implementation lifecycle.

• Drives continuous improvement through increased automation, process optimization, reusable assets, and efficient testing practices.

• Shares knowledge and mentors junior team members, promoting best practices and supporting capability development across the team.

• Participates in strategic initiatives and technology enhancements that improve quality, client experience, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

What you will need:

All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.

• 5+ years of relevant experience in technology, payments, banking, financial services, or a related technical field.

• Experience delivering testing, validation, certification, implementation, or technical support activities for software solutions and client-facing services.

• Ability to support testing and certification initiatives across payment systems, applications, platforms, or related technologies, ensuring high-quality and successful client outcomes.

• Experience developing and executing test plans, test cases, validation activities, and readiness assessments for complex technical solutions.

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify, investigate, and resolve technical, operational, and application-related issues.

• Ability to prioritize workload effectively, manage multiple concurrent activities, and deliver against agreed timelines.

• Experience reviewing testing approaches, plans, and deliverables to ensure efficient execution and quality outcomes.

• Ability to respond to and resolve technical queries from clients, partners, and internal stakeholders in a professional and consultative manner.

• Experience following and improving operational processes, identifying opportunities for efficiency, automation, and continuous improvement.

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate technical challenges, propose practical solutions, and contribute to successful implementation outcomes.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clients, vendors, merchants, and cross-functional teams.

• Ability to provide technical guidance and recommendations related to testing, certification, implementation, and solution readiness activities.

• Experience collaborating with global teams, sharing knowledge, supporting colleagues, and contributing to a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Company description:

As the world's leader in digital payments technology, Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company's dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device, and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.

At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers.

You're an Individual. We're the team for you. Together, let's transform the way the world pays.

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.