Principal SW Engineer at Authorize.net

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Authorize.netmakes it simple to accept electronic and credit card payments in person, online or over the phone. We've been working with merchants and small businesses since 1996. As a leading payment gateway, Authorize.net is trusted by more than 445,000 merchants, handling more than 1 billion transactions and 149 billion in payments every year.

As a Principal Engineer at Authorize.net (a Visa solution), you will be a hands-on technical leader working across multiple teams to modernize our systems and deliver innovative online payment solutions. You will be instrumental in containerizing applications, splitting monolithic codebases into microservices, and migrating on-premises workloads to the cloud. In addition, you will enable process improvements through robust DevOps practices, incorporating comprehensive release management strategies and optimized CI/CD pipelines.

Beyond modernization, you will also guide the development of major new features by translating complex business problems into technical solutions that resonate with our merchants and partners. You will also drive cross-team projects that standardize our approach to API development and data schemas, ensuring consistent implementation of best practices across the organization.

Collaborating with product managers, tech leads, and engineering teams, you will define technology roadmaps, communicate architectural decisions, and mentor engineers in advanced technical approaches. This position requires a solid track record of delivering large-scale, reliable, and secure software solutions. While we prefer C# expertise, knowledge of other modern programming languages is also welcome.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Basic Qualifications

-12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 10

years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA

/JD/MD), or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

-15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 12 years of

experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with

9+ years of experience

-Deep C# experience preferred

-Familiarity with continuous delivery and DevOps practices, including

infrastructure automation, monitoring, logging, auditing, and security

-Hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) for scalable

deployment strategies

-Understanding of integration patterns, API design, and schema standardization

for enterprise systems

-Prior exposure to NoSQL data stores (e.g., HBase, Cassandra) is beneficial

-Experience with merchant data or payment technology is a plus

-Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to mentor and guide

engineering teams at scale

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 184,100.00 to 267,050.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.