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Job Description

Pismo is seeking a Senior Support Engineer specializing in Payments and Authorization flows to support enterprise clients within the Enterprise Support team.

This role focuses on providing deep technical support on transaction processing, authorization flows, and card lifecycle operations, while collaborating closely with engineering teams to investigate issues, validate behavior, and improve platform reliability.

The Sr. Support Engineer acts as a technical bridge between the client and internal teams, contributing to faster resolution, better diagnostics, and continuous improvement of platform operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide technical support on payments and authorization flows, including transaction processing, integrations, and lifecycle events
Investigate complex issues, working closely with Engineering and TAMs to analyze root causes and validate system behavior
Support incident management, contributing technical analysis during high-severity issues and escalations
Collaborate with internal teams, ensuring clear communication of technical findings and client impact
Validate platform changes, helping assess the impact of releases, configurations, and operational updates
Develop internal tools and automation, improving operational efficiency and diagnostics capabilities
Leverage AI and automation, contributing to the creation of tools (e.g., agents, scripts) to accelerate troubleshooting and reduce manual effort
Promote knowledge, across supported client and internal teams to leverage skills.
Contribute with the technical narrative for external documents and escalate complex situations with context.

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice. #LI-Remote

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
Proven experience in payments processing, authorization flows, or card lifecycle systems, preferably in banking, fintech, or payment networks
Strong understanding of end-to-end transaction lifecycle, including authorization, clearing, settlement, and network interactions (e.g., Visa, Mastercard)
Experience working with high-volume, real-time transactional systems, including debugging and analyzing transaction-level behavior
Solid background in technical support, SRE, or backend engineering roles within distributed systems environments
Hands-on experience with APIs, integrations, and message-based systems, including troubleshooting across system boundaries
Experience in incident management for critical systems, including root cause analysis and working in high-pressure scenarios
Ability to analyze logs, metrics, and transaction data to identify issues and propose solutions
Experience collaborating with engineering teams on investigations and system behavior validation
Familiarity with automation, scripting, or building internal tools, with exposure to AI-driven approaches is a strong plus

Main Performance Indicator

Issue Investigation Effectiveness — Accuracy and depth of technical analysis, including quality of root cause identification and diagnostics
Incident Contribution & Resolution Support — Effectiveness in supporting high-severity incidents through timely analysis and coordination with Engineering and TAMs
Transaction & System Insight Quality — Ability to analyze transaction flows, logs, and data to identify patterns, anomalies, and root causes
Operational Efficiency Improvement — Contributions to internal tools, automation, or AI-driven solutions that improve troubleshooting and support processes
Collaboration & Engineering Feedback — Quality of collaboration with Engineering teams, including clarity of technical findings and actionable feedback

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.

Senior Support Engineer (Authorizations Processing)

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