Sr Manager, Software Engineering

PayPal PayPal · Fintech · San Jose, CA +2 · Software Engineering

Manager for software engineering projects at PayPal, focusing on operational targets, project delivery, and technical problem-solving within the fintech domain. The role involves creating roadmaps, applying analytical thought, and collaborating with stakeholders, with a preference for experience in consumer or merchant financial products and high-availability systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manages multiple projects through direct reports and may directly manage individual software development projects. Ensures project delivery through supervision of costs, methods, and staffing
  2. Sets operational targets that impact their group and drives operational rigor around engineering KPIs such as unit test coverage, uptime/resiliency targets, execution velocity
  3. Responsible for the delivery of projects and continuous improvement that impact up to three domains
  4. Leads the effort in resolving highly complex or unique technical situations that impact business success or addresses future concepts, products, or technologies
  5. Creates the roadmap for multiple scrum teams. Responsible for turning a high-level operational strategy into a well-defined resourcing plan

Skills

Required

  • Experience leading others
  • Experience working on consumer or merchant financial products such as credit, lending, payments, or related domains
  • Background supporting high-availability, high-transaction-volume systems with demanding uptime requirements

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with cloud-based test execution and device lab platforms
  • Exposure to AI-assisted tooling applied to software quality workflows, such as test generation, failure analysis, or test data management
  • Experience with accessibility testing practices and standards, or internationalization and localization validation
  • Experience designing or rolling out service virtualization strategies to reduce test environment dependencies

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience leading others