Sr Software Engineer

PayPal•San Jose, CA

21h•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: This job delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). It involves advising management on project-level issues, guiding junior engineers, operating with little supervision, and applying knowledge of technical best practices. Job Description: Essential Responsibilities: Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles. Advises immediate management on project-level issues Guides junior engineers Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions Expected Qualifications: 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience. Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications: Your way to impact As a software engineer for Venmo Payments Engineering you will act as a core member of scrum team and contribute to building a high-quality product. You will have the opportunity to work on one of the biggest payments platforms that caters to 65 million active users and processes transactions worth billions of dollars. Given all the fun challenges, we are a fast-paced organization going through rapid growth that is solving technical challenges at exponential scale. As an organization, we have a strong culture of committing to goals and delivering on timelines. Your day to day Key voice in team level processes (e.g., code & design review) Oversees projects, ensuring an accurate, complete, and operable solution is delivered, working with management as needed to fill gaps Collaborates with product managers to understand & refine requirements Serves as an expert to resolve technical inquiries of other employees Follows well established internal conventions and standard procedures Shares software development processes and standards with junior peers Leverages awareness of industry peer solutions to inform and validate technical decisions Anticipates consequences of implementation choices on future development and optimizes accordingly Contributes to code & design Own the performance and availability of the services as well as participate in on call rotations and provide support during incidences. Has an appetite to learn and contribute to complex projects alongside your colleagues.

Requirements

3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
5 plus years’ experience with Python or equivalent high-level programming language
Advanced skills with RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching solutions (e.g. Redis, ElastiCache, Hazelcast) and messaging/queuing protocols/systems such as SQS/Kafka/RabbitMQ/Pulsar
Competency in comparing the qualities of multiple implementation choices, including nonfunctional characteristics.
Understands runtime environment concepts (e.g Linux OS, Java Virtual Machine, python runtime) and behavior and can incorporate to predict performance characteristics of implementation choices.
Experience with distributed services and backend systems
Experience with building services on public cloud – preferably AWS.
Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s and/or Masters in computer science, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
Mentor junior engineers
Alternatives, GCP, Azure
Experience in managing infrastructure as code using Terraform

Responsibilities

Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
Advises immediate management on project-level issues
Guides junior engineers
Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions
Key voice in team level processes (e.g., code & design review)
Oversees projects, ensuring an accurate, complete, and operable solution is delivered, working with management as needed to fill gaps
Collaborates with product managers to understand & refine requirements
Serves as an expert to resolve technical inquiries of other employees
Follows well established internal conventions and standard procedures
Shares software development processes and standards with junior peers
Leverages awareness of industry peer solutions to inform and validate technical decisions
Anticipates consequences of implementation choices on future development and optimizes accordingly
Contributes to code & design
Own the performance and availability of the services as well as participate in on call rotations and provide support during incidences.
Has an appetite to learn and contribute to complex projects alongside your colleagues.