PayPal

Staff Software Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA or San Jose, CA, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$161k - $262k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead projects and coordinate the activities and technical tasks of other engineers.
  • Define outcomes, improve team processes, and provide technical guidance to senior leaders.
  • Design, estimate, implement, and refactor secure, reliable, scalable software services.
  • Own end-to-end design and implementation quality, service performance, and availability.
  • Assess implementation alternatives and trade-offs to inform the technical engineering roadmap.
  • Set and improve standards for engineering rigor in collaboration with management.
  • Provide technical leadership for a small team and mentor engineers at all levels.
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering Operations, business, and support teams.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and provide incident support.
  • Represent PayPal in interactions with partners, customers, and industry organizations.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 8 years of experience with Python or an equivalent high-level programming language.
  • Advanced experience with relational and NoSQL data stores, caching solutions, and messaging or queuing systems.
  • Expertise building distributed backend services and systems.
  • Experience building services on public cloud platforms, preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Experience managing infrastructure as code with Terraform.
  • Experience with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems.
  • Ability to lead projects, mentor engineering staff, and manage cross-functional relationships.

Benefits

  • Balanced hybrid work model with three days in the office and two days at the office or home workspace.
  • Comprehensive choice-based wellbeing programs covering physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
  • Generous paid time off.
  • Healthcare coverage for employees and their families.
  • Financial security resources and mental health support.
  • Austin, Texas or San Jose, California locations; travel is listed as 0 percent.
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10,000+ employees

We're championing possibilities for all by making money fast, easy, and more enjoyable. Our hope is to unlock opportunities for people in their everyday lives and empower the millions of people and businesses around the world who trust, rely, and use PayPal every day. For support, visit the PayPal Help Center. https://payp.al/help For employment opportunities, check out our job openings in the 'Jobs' tab. We're an equal opportunity employer that welcomes diversity, and offer generous benefits to help you thrive at work and in your free time. NMLS#910457: https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org/

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