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Masters/PhD Intern - Technology - Multiple Locations

Visa

Visa

Masters/PhD Intern - Technology - Multiple Locations

Austin, TX
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    COMPANY DESCRIPTION

    NOTE: BY APPLYING TO THIS POSITION YOUR APPLICATION IS AUTOMATICALLY CONSIDERED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: FOSTER CITY, CA; SAN FRANCISCO, CA; PALO ALTO, CA;ASHBURN, VA; BELLEVUE, WA; AUSTIN, TX; HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO

    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'REan Individual. WE'REthe team for you. TOGETHER, let's transform the way the world pays.

    JOB DESCRIPTION

    Our Visainternship programoccurs during the summer months only. Specific assignments will depend on upon your skills sets, interest, location and team needs. Job duties and projects could include:

    • Root cause analysis and documentation of software defects.
    • Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to testing challenges.
    • Innovate on existing processes to drive continuous improvement.
    • Test and certify features for release
    • Write utilities / automation tools using Selenium, Java, REST, Python, Groovy, and more
    • Participate in cross-group and internal customer feature demos

    TECH INTERNS will be placed within one of the following technologyorganizations at Visa:

    • NETWORK PROCESSING: This is the team behind VisaNet, the payments network that connects consumers and merchants with financial institutions. The team strives to maintain quality through high-availability and high volume to enable industry collaboration and innovation today and tomorrow.
    • ISSUER PROCESSING: Debit Processing Services (DPS), our Issuer Processing platform for North America, processes over half of all Visa Debit transactions and is the largest single prepaid processing platform for Visa prepaid transactions in the U.S. The team also partners with third-party companies outside of the U.S. to deliver value-added services through Visa-owned assets.
    • MERCHANT + ACQUIRER PROCESSING: The team's strategy is to build deeper merchant and acquirer relationships and increase total merchant value by developing solutions that address complex and emerging merchant and acquirer needs.
    • DIGITAL AND DEVELOPER PLATFORM: Digital and Developer Platform (DDP) develops and manages platform-oriented technology to advance the global growth of digital commerce and the mobilization of payments. Pairing a customer-first approach and relentless product innovation, we build the underlying technologies that enhance value propositions for Visa cardholders and business partners around the world.
    • DATA PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Visa's position as the global leader in electronic payments enables us to collect and analyze a rich trove of data. Our team enables Visa to tell our data story through business intelligence and develop innovative data-driven products.
    • DATA PLATFORM: We timely deliver rich, high quality and easy-to-use Visa core data assets as a service, together with a reliable, scalable and secure data platform, that enables our internal partners to rapidly and efficiently innovate and monetize data-driven business products and services to lead the digital payment industry.
    • CYBERSECURITY: Cybersecurity provides enterprise-wide, risk-based security and continuity programs to meet changing internal and external threat landscapes. They seek to be the best-in-class at the physical, cyber security, network, application, and data security layers.
    • CORPORATE IT: CIT builds, operates and maintains the IT systems and infrastructure necessary to enable a highly connected and collaborative workforce that helps power Visa's business.
    • OPERATIONS + INFRASTRUCTURE: Operations & Infrastructure builds, operates and maintains best-in-class IT infrastructure services that are secure, scalable, and continuously available.
    • OPEN VISANET: Open VisaNet (OVN) is responsible for building the long-term architecture for VisaNet and the future of our core payments processing capability. The team develops the next generation Authorization, Clearing and Settlement functionality that horizontally scales to support Global and domestic processing.
    • VISA RESEARCH: Visa Research is an organization that focuses exclusively on the scientific foundations of existing, emerging and future commerce-related technologies. With the establishment of a formal research organization and the associated long-term commitment to technology research, Visa joins the ranks of a small number of industry leaders with both the insight and ability to substantially influence and systemically impact the future.
    • TECHNOLOGY PLANNING AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS (TPBO): Whether it is communications support, change efforts, or process improvements, this team is built to support the Technology organization.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

    • PURSUING A MASTERS DEGREE, OR PHDin Computer Science, Computer Engineering, CIS/MIS, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Businessor a related field, GRADUATING DECEMBER 2021OR LATER
    • Minimum GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 (or equivalent scale)
    • Strong communications skills, specifically, the absence of repeated grammatical or typographical errors, clear and concise written and spoken communications, and communications that demonstrate professional judgment.

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

    • Proficiency in at least one programming language or technology including, but not limited, to Java, C/C++, C#, .NET, python, Javascript, HTML
    • Experience with Write utilities / automation tools using Selenium,REST, Python, Groovy, and more
    • Familiar with: JSON, MongoDB, AngularJS, ExpressJS, NodeJS, React
    • Experience with Big Data technologies: Hadoop, Spark, R, NoSQL
    • Familiarity with software testing principles
    • Solid understanding of software engineering concepts and methodologies
    • Lead root cause analysis and track defect resolution to completion
    • Review and provide feedback on development code, test designs and test cases
    • Communicate status frequently to project stakeholders
    • Highly driven, resourceful and results oriented
    • Strong ability to lead or drive a project from the beginning to the end with sufficient understanding of the goal.

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    WORK HOURS:

    • This position requires the incumbent to be available during core business hours.

    TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

    • This position requires the incumbent to travel for work less than 10% of the time.

    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, and reach with hands and arms.

    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. VIDEOS TO WATCH

  • Industry
    Technology
  • About Us

    At Visa we are Powering Payments, and Uplifting People!

    As the world leader in digital payments, we facilitate more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities across 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.

    Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience #LifeAtVisa

    Learn more at Visa.com