Software Engineer Placement Year

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.

As a Placement Software Engineer within Visa, you will be joining a highly collaborative, forward-thinking team of technologists who are building solutions to be used by millions of people across the globe. Our knowledgeable team are committed to leveraging your talent and ambition to ensure you realize your maximum potential. We don’t expect you to know everything; we favour attitude and ability over experience. You will be involved in stimulating work every day, challenging your technical abilities and gaining an appreciation of the whole product development life cycle.


Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

• A strong academic record, having achieved or expect to receive a 2:1 or above in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field, graduating no earlier than 2029.
• Strong coding ability within Object oriented languages such as Java, C# or C++
• An undeniable passion for the software engineering discipline; examples of work you have completed outside of the core curriculum is a plus.
• A strong desire to understand and leverage new tools and technologies and evolve their learning of the discipline.
• Analytical abilities, including the ability to translate and communicate technical requirements.
• Strong communication skills and welcomes the opportunity to collaborate in a tight knit, agile team-oriented group.
• Demonstrated software engineering experience from previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications is a plus.