PayPal

Sr Software Engineer

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1 day ago
San Jose, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$144k - $213k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Deliver complete solutions across all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, delivery, and operations.
  • Advise immediate management on project-level issues and make technical decisions with limited day-to-day supervision.
  • Guide junior engineers and apply internal conventions and technical best practices.
  • Analyze requirements and transform them into scalable software designs.
  • Design and build web services and microservices, including RESTful services.
  • Implement reliable, available, scalable, and performant software solutions.
  • Troubleshoot and debug software while applying strong analytical skills.
  • Work with SQL and NoSQL database solutions and evaluate their respective tradeoffs.
  • Leverage AI/GenAI tools to improve coding, testing, debugging, and documentation productivity.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, object-oriented design, design patterns, and multithreaded programming.
  • Strong object-oriented programming skills and the ability to create scalable software designs from requirements.
  • Commercial experience with HTTP, REST APIs, web services, and microservices.
  • Hands-on expertise with Java, including Core Java, J2EE, and Spring.
  • Experience building RESTful services.
  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL solutions and understanding of relational and free-form database tradeoffs.
  • Knowledge or interest in large-scale distributed stream processing and real-time computation systems.
  • Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and analytical skills.
  • Ability to follow coding and design best practices.
  • Hands-on experience using AI/GenAI tools to improve software engineering productivity is preferred.

Benefits

  • Balanced hybrid work model with 3 days in the office and 2 days at either the PayPal office or home workspace.
  • Comprehensive choice-based wellbeing programs, generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for employees and families, financial security resources, and mental health support.
  • Annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation may be available in addition to base pay.

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About PayPal

10,000+ employees

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.

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