Sr Software Engineer

PayPal•Austin, TX

3d•$139,152 - $273,500•Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal, Inc. seeks Sr Software Engineer in Austin, TX. The role involves designing and developing cloud technology roadmaps, providing technical advice and solutions to address customer requirements. It includes implementing and managing technology-based business solutions using Cloud Services to enhance PayPal clients’ delivery approach. The position requires identifying business requirements related to processes and technology, supporting the technical design process by participating in the analysis of technical requirements, and building, maintaining, and optimizing continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for efficient software deployment and testing across multiple environments. The Sr Software Engineer will manage cloud infrastructure by provisioning, scaling, and maintaining resources, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new features, resolve technical issues, and ensure system stability and high availability. Responsibilities also include analyzing and implementing configuration changes, assisting in the design of cloud-related solutions, and standardizing and automating infrastructure deployment and management activities. Participation in the execution and documentation of cloud implementations is also expected. Partial telecommuting is permitted from within a commutable distance.

Requirements

Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a closely related field plus three years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Experience with code management system including GitHub and support CI/CD workflows (3 years).
Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and experience provisioning, configuring, and managing cloud resources (3 years).
Experience programming and scripting using languages such as Python, Ruby, or Bash to support automation, application development, and system integration (3 years).
Experience developing and maintaining scripts using Shell and Groovy on Linux-based systems to automate system operations, deployment processes, and routine maintenance tasks (3 years).
Experience with continuous deployment tools including Jenkins (2 years).
Experience containerizing and managing applications using Docker, and managing container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS (2 years).
Experience monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting distributed systems using observability tools such as Datadog or Splunk (2 years).
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Cloud formation, or AWS CDK (2 years).
Experience writing technical design documentation using the following tools: Miro, Mermaid, or Confluence (2 years).
Experience designing and consuming APIs, like REST or GraphQL, to enable communication between distributed services (1 year).
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Design and develop cloud technology roadmaps, providing technical advice and solutions to address customer requirements.
Implement and manage technology-based business solutions based on Cloud Services to improve PayPal clients’ delivery approach.
Identify business requirements related to processes and technology.
Support the technical design process by participating in the analysis of technical requirements.
Build, maintain, and optimize continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to enable efficient software deployment and testing across multiple environments.
Manage cloud infrastructure by provisioning, scaling, and maintaining resources to support application and system needs.
Collaborate with cross-functional development, operations, and engineering teams to integrate new features, resolve technical issues, and ensure system stability and high availability.
Analyze and implement configuration changes and assist in the design of cloud related solutions to meet both functional and technical requirements.
Standardize and automate infrastructure deployment and management activities.
Participate in execution and documentation of cloud implementations.