23 hours ago
Scottsdale, AZ, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$101k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and maintain backend services for PayPal’s credit products.
- Develop RESTful APIs and microservices supporting credit offers, eligibility, applications, and account management.
- Write reliable, maintainable, secure, and well-tested code focused on performance and scalability.
- Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and cross-functional requirements discussions.
- Collaborate with product, risk, compliance, and engineering partners.
- Operate production services through monitoring, troubleshooting, incident response, and operational improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- At least 3 years of Java experience, including RESTful API development with Spring Boot or a similar framework.
- Experience developing production microservices or backend systems.
- Experience with Oracle, MySQL, DynamoDB, and BigQuery, as well as data modeling and SQL fundamentals.
- Experience with event-driven or asynchronous systems using Kafka, Pulsar, or similar messaging and streaming platforms.
- Ability to write reliable, maintainable, and secure code.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Preferred experience includes distributed systems, high-availability services, GCP or AWS, payments or credit, financial services, observability, monitoring, and operational best practices.
Benefits
- Expected base pay is $100,500.00–$149,600.00 annually for the Scottsdale, Arizona location; additional compensation may include performance bonus, equity, or other incentives.
- Balanced hybrid work model with 3 days in the office and 2 days either at the PayPal office or home workspace for most employees.
- Benefits include paid time off, healthcare coverage, financial security resources, and mental-health support.
- Travel requirement is 0%.
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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.