Software Engineer

PayPal•San Jose, CA

8d•$149,365 - $198,500•Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal, Inc. seeks a Software Engineer in San Jose, CA. This role involves developing new and maintaining existing user-facing products and features, ensuring the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs. The engineer will build web markup using HTML5, CSS3, and server-side CSS pre-processing platforms. They will implement business logic on both server-side and client-side using JavaScript and NodeJS, and design reusable, configuration-based UI components. The position requires setting up applications from scratch using various frameworks, writing web application code with best practices for accessibility, internationalization, and instrumentation, and working with adaptive design approaches for mobile and desktop applications. The role also involves solving complex business problems using algorithms and design patterns, participating in user requirement analysis, creating technical design documents, troubleshooting production escalations, implementing security and data protection features, and optimizing applications for performance, cross-browser compatibility, and scalability. Refactoring code for complexity reduction and extensibility, developing automated test suites, driving innovation through rapid prototyping, and delivering new applications using the latest technologies are also key responsibilities. Partial telecommuting is permitted from within a commutable distance.

Requirements

Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related field
One year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation
Problem Solving
Scalable System Design and Architecture
Web Technology like JavaScript, React, TypeScript, bundling
Backend Technology like GraphQL or NodeJS
Scalable front end component design
Responsive and Accessible Experience Design
Performance tuning of E2E system
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Develop new and maintain existing user-facing products/features
Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
Build web markup, including HTML5, CSS3, and server-side CSS pre-processing platforms
Implement business logic on both server-side and client-side using JavaScript and NodeJS
Design UI components that can be reusable and are mostly configuration-based
Set up applications from scratch using different frameworks
Write web application code following best practices of accessibility, internationalization, and instrumentation
Work on adaptive design approaches
Implement different designs for mobile and desktop applications
Solve complex business problems using various algorithms implemented through simplistic design, aligned with well-known design patterns
Participate in user requirement analysis and review of business requirements from functional architects
Create and maintain technical design documents for applications and workflow processes
Troubleshoot, resolve, and perform root cause analyses for Production environment escalations
Implement security and data protection features
Optimize applications for better performance, cross-browser compatibility, and scalability with Caching, Webpack, polyfills, Code Splitting
Perform refactoring (change the internal structure of software) on code-base to reduce code complexity and increase code extensibility and maintainability
Develop automated unit, integration, and functional test suites for newly optimized software and validate that each unit of the application performs as designed
Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development
Deliver new applications at high frequency by using and creating the latest technologies