Software Engineer

PayPal • Austin, TX

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Company PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers. We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities. Job Summary: As a Software Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain high-throughput, fault-tolerant services that process billions of payment transactions annually. You will partner closely with product managers, architects, and peer engineers to deliver reliable, scalable features that directly impact PayPal's global payments platform. This role is ideal for engineers who have a strong foundation in Java backend development and are ready to take greater ownership of complex technical challenges, mentor junior engineers, and influence team-level technical decisions. Job Description: Essential Responsibilities: Implements tasks within the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), receiving structure and oversight from more experienced staff Follows well-established internal conventions and standard procedures Understands internal standards & processes an applies them to make technical decisions Collaborates with peers, manager, and project lead to gain understanding of tasks and review solutions May contribute to code & design reviews

Requirements

• 1+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 3–6 years of hands-on professional software engineering experience
• Strong proficiency in Java (Java 11+); deep understanding of JVM, concurrency, and memory management
• Experience building and deploying RESTful microservices in distributed systems
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra, Redis)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and DevOps practices
• Strong command of data structures, algorithms, and system design principles
• Demonstrated ability to own features end-to-end — design through production

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, or similar enterprise Java frameworks
• Hands-on experience with message queues and event-driven architectures (Kafka, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ)
• Knowledge of financial systems, payment processing, or fintech domain
• Experience with cloud platforms — AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiarity with service mesh, API gateways, and security patterns (OAuth2, JWT, TLS)
• Contributions to open source projects or published technical writing
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment at scale

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and own microservices and RESTful APIs powering PayPal's core payment flows
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable Java code aligned to team standards and best practices
• Participate in and lead design reviews, code reviews, and architecture discussions
• Contribute to technical roadmap planning and sprint execution with a focus on delivery quality
• Ensure services meet high availability, low-latency, and scalability SLAs at global scale
• Instrument services with observability tooling (metrics, logging, distributed tracing)
• Participate in on-call rotations and drive incident response, RCA, and remediation
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, security, QA, and platform engineering teams
• Mentor and guide CL3/CL4 engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and internal engineering wikis

Benefits

• At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset-you. That’s why we offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most.
• We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level