The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team is responsible for securing employee access to our core applications in the most efficient, compliant, and user-friendly manner, leveraging the latest industry standards and tools.

Visa's IAM eco-system includes a highly customized, feature-rich Identity Management platform. The team has successfully implemented many core components, and as the security landscape evolves, we continuously explore new processes and technology to expand security coverage and enhance the end-user experience.

With new features and broader coverage comes increased complexity, criticality, and dependency on the environment.

We are seeking a motivated Software Engineer – whether an aspiring IAM Specialist or an experienced IAM Engineer with development background - to join our Global team of IAM experts. In this role, you will contribute to the ongoing development, operations and support of our IAM environment while collaborating with IT teams and Cybersecurity stakeholders across Visa.

As one of the leaders in AI adoption, we are particularly interested in talent who can harness advanced technologies for automation and process optimization.

The ideal candidate will have:

An understanding of Identity and Access Management and core security concepts.
Hands-on experience with at least one programming language.
The ability to develop integrated solutions and troubleshoot challenging issues.
A proactive mindset and a willingness to take on complex challenges.

Essential Functions:

The Software Engineer will:

Take ownership of assigned initiatives—assessing existing solutions, eliciting and refining requirements, and contributing to technical design discussions to promote best-practice architectures.
Design, develop, and implement new capabilities using appropriate technologies and tools, following Scrum/Agile methodologies to meet project milestones and deliverables.
Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities, execute disaster-recovery protocols, and maintain high solution availability in accordance with SLAs.
Apply Generative AI capabilities to:
- Deploy AI agents to autonomously execute operational workflows, coordinate multi-step tasks, and assist teams with proactive issue resolution
- Leverage MCP servers to securely connect AI applications with enterprise tools, data sources, and infrastructure for context-aware automation and decision support
- Automate log analysis and detect anomalies in access events
- Generate and optimize system code for performance and security
- Create AI-assisted documentation and troubleshooting guides for faster onboarding and support
- Enable natural language interfaces for administrative tooling to simplify complex operational tasks
Collaborate with global service teams to capture business needs and ensure alignment with agreed design strategies.
Partner with Platform and Quality Assurance teams throughout the implementation life cycle to enable efficient, timely rollouts.
Coordinate with team leads and international colleagues to keep projects on schedule and achieve defined business objectives.
Remain self-driven and eager to learn the IAM technology stack, adapting quickly to new tools and approaches.
Champion the use of data-science and AI techniques to innovate, automate, and streamline processes, reducing manual effort for end users.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.