Sr Software Engineer

PayPal PayPal · Fintech · San Jose, CA +1 · Software Engineering

This role focuses on delivering complete solutions across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), with a strong emphasis on automation within testing and CI/CD pipelines. The engineer will advise management, guide junior engineers, and operate with autonomy, applying technical best practices. Key responsibilities include promoting a quality culture, removing automation barriers, collaborating on automation requirements, owning automation framework features, maintaining an automation roadmap, and working with tooling/release teams. Experience with mobile automation (iOS/Android) and version control is required, with AI skills being a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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.
  2. Promote and encourage a culture of quality throughout the organization
  3. Remove barriers to automation development, execution, and maintenance
  4. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to identify automation requirements for new features
  5. Own the implementation or enhancement of automation framework features

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of overall testing experience
  • 3+ years of mobile automation experience
  • Strong problem-solving ability
  • Strong communication and documentation skills
  • Strong experience writing mobile XCUITests (iOS) or Android/Compose
  • Experience with a version control system (GIT, SVN, or similar)

Nice to have

  • AI skills

What the JD emphasized

  • AI skills are a plus