Sr Software Engineer

PayPal•San Jose, CA

8d•$169,262 - $243,500•Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal, Inc. seeks Sr Software Engineer in San Jose, CA. This role involves building and refining cloud platforms using cutting-edge tools like Kubernetes for container orchestration, Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure management, and distributed systems that ensure scalability and resilience. The engineer will empower IT-secured, developer-friendly environments that streamline application building, deployment, and management, both on-premises and in cloud settings. Responsibilities include analyzing diverse use cases and guiding the team in making informed design and technical choices that align with business objectives. The role requires close collaboration with teams, ensuring all implementations support functionality, scalability, and security. Additionally, the engineer will design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), implement and manage cloud services including storage, compute, and security services, and monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure performance. Collaboration with development teams to integrate cloud solutions into existing workflows and ensuring compliance with security policies and best practices are also key aspects of this position. Partial telecommuting is permitted from within a commutable distance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related field plus five years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Linux/Unix environment (5 years)
Cloud services (5 years)
Experience with infrastructure as code tools (5 years)
Scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash). (5 years)
Containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). (5 years)
Networking concepts and security best practices. (5 years)
Go Programming (4 years)

Responsibilities

Build and refine cloud platform using cutting-edge tools like Kubernetes for container orchestration, Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure management, and distributed systems that ensure scalability and resilience.
Empower IT-secured, developer-friendly environments that streamline application building, deployment, and management, both on-premises and in cloud settings.
Analyze diverse use cases and guide the team in making informed design and technical choices that align with business objectives.
Work closely with teams, ensuring all implementations support functionality, scalability, and security.
Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
Implement and manage cloud services, including storage, compute, and security services.
Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure performance.
Collaborate with development teams to integrate cloud solutions into existing workflows.
Ensure compliance with security policies and best practices.