The Company
PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.
We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.
Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.
Job Summary:
What you need to know about the role: As a member of the engineering team, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of the Data Platform services that power the digital wallets ecosystem. You will work closely with product, design, and analytics teams to understand payments ecosystems that our software is enabling. We're looking for talented, motivated, and detail-oriented technologists with a passion for building robust systems at scale. We value collaboration, communication, and a passion for achieving engineering and product excellence.
Job Description:
**Essential Responsibilities: **
- Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
- Advises immediate management on project-level issues
- Guides junior engineers
- Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
- Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions
Minimum Qualifications:
- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:
Meet our team:
We are a team of small and self-driven engineers & product managers to deliver innovative solutions to drive business impact, on a mission to empower consumers with Digital Wallets and enable commerce globally.
Your way to impact: As a **Senior **Software Engineer in the team, you will provide technical leadership for your development team and you will lead the team’s participation in all phases of our software development lifecycle through technical leadership, implementation of technical designs, direct contributions to architectural decisions and mentoring of junior engineers. You will be responsible for developing industry-leading experiences that bring unquestionable value to both merchants and buyers. You will use your years of technical expertise and a solid understanding of the business domain to help us improve the scale, reliability, and performance of our platforms.
Your day-to-day:
- Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of features, projects, modules, and services that you deliver in all phases of the software development lifecycle.
- Contribute to architectural discussions and overall technical direction, advocating for best practices and innovative solutions.
- Optimize software performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks via monitoring, logging, and metrics to enhance the user experience.
- Act as a strong advocate for clean and scalable principles and practices in all areas, including coding, documentation, automation, etc.
- Be a champion of high-performing, secure, and reliable software services
- Identify critical non-functional requirements for the work your team prioritizes (Availability, Security, Performance, Scalability, and Observability), and implement them with your team.
- Actively contribute improvements to our automated test strategies to enable speedy and reliable continuous integration.
- Guide continuous improvements to our build and deploy processes.
- Conduct formal and informal code reviews, providing constructive feedback to team members to ensure code quality and adherence to clean and scalable coding principles.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and promoting a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry standards, tools, and technologies related to Data Infrastructure development, and DevOps practices, and drive their adoption within the team.
- Collaborate frequently with other developers and teams to design and implement cutting-edge reliable solutions
- Understand and apply our technical architecture to ensure consistent, reliable, and secure deployments.
- Advocate for ways to avoid and remediate technical debt continuously.
What you need to bring:
- 3+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on backend development in Python and Java and a willingness to explore new technologies.
- Experience with one of the modern data warehousing Big Data technologies (e.g., BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake)
- High proficiency and strong skills in AWS and or GCP Cloud technologies, object-oriented, and functional programming.
- Solid understanding of the possibilities and limitations of building robust backend applications.
- Experience in building high-scale, high-throughput, low-latency systems.
- Experience in writing high-quality code, and automated tests to back up your code.
- Strong problem-solving skills, possessing the ability to work independently or collaboratively to analyze and address complex technical challenges.
- Experience with modern software development practices, version control systems, and agile methodologies.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Strong attention to detail, as well as a passion for delivering high-quality software solutions.
- Ability to mentor and up-level team members.
The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:
Primary Location | Pay Range:
San Jose, California | ($143,500.00 - $212,850.00 Annually)
Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
Subsidiary:
PayPal
Travel Percent:
0
- The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:
Primary Location | Pay Range:
San Jose, California | ($143,500.00 - $212,850.00 Annually)
Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:
No other locations are assigned to this requisition currently.
Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us.
For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.
Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset-you. That’s why we offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.
Who We Are:
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**Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion **
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.
Belonging at PayPal:
Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.
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