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Base Salary
$161k - $239k/yr
Responsibilities
- Coordinate engineers as a project or system leader and determine technical tasks.
- Lead cross-system architectural discussions and author and present architecture decision records.
- Identify product and functionality gaps and collaborate with product and technology teams on solutions.
- Drive strategic integrations, executive-sponsored workstreams, reusable frameworks, automation, and engineering excellence.
- Troubleshoot integration and technical issues, lead production root-cause analysis, and reduce technical debt.
- Lead large-scale system or data migrations and represent PayPal with external partners, customers, or industry organizations.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proficiency in at least one backend language: Java, Go, or Python.
- Backend development experience designing and implementing scalable, reliable RESTful services; Spring or similar frameworks are a plus.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to code reviews and design discussions.
- Experience with at least one cloud platform: GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- Advanced skills with relational and NoSQL data stores, database design, data modeling, and ORM tools.
- Experience with caching solutions such as Redis, Aerospike, or Hazelcast and messaging or queuing systems such as Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ, or SQS.
- Experience with containers and Kubernetes, low-latency and high-throughput systems, observability, and large-scale migrations.
Benefits
- Expected base pay is $160,500.00-$238,700.00 annually for Austin, Texas; additional compensation may include a performance bonus, equity, or other incentives.
- Balanced hybrid work model for most employees: three days in the office and two days at the PayPal office or home workspace.
- Comprehensive choice-based benefits including paid time off, healthcare coverage, financial-security resources, and mental-health support.
- PayPal offers an inclusive workplace with reasonable accommodations and equal employment opportunity.
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About PayPal
PayPal builds digital payments platforms for consumers and merchants, including PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom, supporting online, in‑app, and in‑person checkout and peer‑to‑peer transfers. It earns primarily from transaction and merchant processing fees, plus value‑added services such as risk management and branded credit. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Jose, California, PayPal operates in roughly 200 markets and is a public company traded on NASDAQ.