1 day ago
Base Salary
$144k - $213k/yr
Responsibilities
- Deliver complete software solutions across design, implementation, testing, delivery, and operations.
- Advise immediate management on project-level issues.
- Guide junior engineers.
- Make technical decisions with little day-to-day supervision using internal conventions and industry best practices.
- Build and support backend services for large-scale payment and commerce systems.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong foundation in programming concepts and data structures.
- Backend development experience using Python and frameworks such as Django or Flask.
- Understanding of web services and Service-Oriented Architecture principles.
- Exposure to version control systems such as Git and collaborative development workflows.
- Preferred: interest in large-scale, high-performance distributed systems.
- Preferred: exposure to AWS, GCP, Azure, and Terraform.
- Preferred: hands-on SQL or NoSQL database experience, including Redis.
- Preferred: experience with event-driven architecture and messaging systems such as SQS, SNS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Pulsar.
- Preferred: experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and observability.
- Preferred: open-source or developer-community contributions and awareness of payment-processing compliance or regulatory standards.
Benefits
- Expected annual base pay ranges from $143,500.00 to $212,850.00 in San Jose, California, and $130,500.00 to $193,600.00 in Austin, Texas; additional compensation may include bonus, equity, or incentives.
- Balanced hybrid work model for most employees: three days in the office and two days at the office or home workspace.
- Comprehensive choice-based benefits including paid time off, healthcare coverage, financial-security resources, and mental-health support.
- Travel requirement is 0 percent.
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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.