Research Scientist IV

About Us
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.

Job Description

Job Summary:
Visa Research conducts both applied and fundamental research to push the boundaries of technologies relevant to the future of commerce, security, and payments on a global scale. We partner with Visa’s technology and product organizations, global business units, academic institutions, industry partners, and government agencies to explore and develop transformative technologies that can shape the future of financial services and impact billions of people worldwide.

Visa is establishing a new Quantum Computing Center of Excellence in Singapore as part of its long-term commitment to building leading capabilities in quantum information science and its applications to critical areas such as payments, security, and financial systems. The Singapore center will serve as a strategic hub for advanced research, technical innovation, and ecosystem engagement in one of the world’s most dynamic research environments.

As a Research Scientist IV in Quantum Computing, you will join a growing team advancing Visa’s long-term research agenda in quantum information and computation. This role is designed for scientists who are excited to contribute to cutting-edge research and help build new capabilities from the ground up.

You will conduct high-quality research in quantum computing, with emphasis on areas relevant to financial services, payments, and security. Depending on your background, your work may involve quantum algorithms, optimization, machine learning, cryptography, simulation, or related topics.

You will collaborate closely with other researchers and cross-functional partners, contribute to technical prototypes and scientific publications, and help establish the Singapore center as a strong and visible part of Visa’s global research organization.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mid-career researcher who wants to work on challenging, high-impact problems at the intersection of advanced science, computation, and real-world applications.

Responsibilities:

• Propose and drive high impact applied and fundamental research in quantum information and computation, with emphasis on quantum AI and/or quantum security.
• Design, implement, and evaluate quantum algorithms, models, and prototypes to advance the state of the art.
• Establish and execute research projects from idea generation through experimentation, analysis, and synthesis of results.
• Collaborate with researchers across Visa Research, as well as with cross-functional partners in technology, product, and business teams where appropriate.
• Share latest advances in quantum computing and adjacent fields with the team and help assess their relevance to Visa’s research agenda.
• Publish research findings in leading journals and conferences, and present work internally and externally.
• Build a strong collaborative research culture, including mentoring interns and contributing to team knowledge sharing.
• Propose and drive external collaborations with academia, industry, and the broader research ecosystem.

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

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• PhD with 2-3 years of experience in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong foundation in quantum computing, quantum information, or a closely related area.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of post-Ph.D. or equivalent research experience in academia, industry, or a government research environment.
• Deep expertise in one or more of the following areas:
  • quantum algorithms,
  • quantum optimization,
  • quantum machine learning,
  • quantum security,
  • quantum simulation,
  • quantum information theory
  • or other areas of quantum information science relevant to financial or enterprise applications.
• Strong interest in applying quantum computing to problems related to financial services, payments, or adjacent areas.
• Experience proposing high impact quantum research projects and executing them end-to-end, e.g., by conducting simulations and, where applicable, on quantum hardware.
• Solid programming and software development skills, including coding, debugging, and version control.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical work clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong research culture in a collaborative research environment.
• Strong publication record in reputable journals or conferences, commensurate with career stage.

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.