Sr Software Engineer

PayPal•San Jose, CA

8d•$187,741 - $270,500•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: Job Description: PayPal, Inc. seeks Sr Software Engineer in San Jose, CA

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field plus five years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Experience leading the team and architecting of scalable backend systems with a focus on cloud-native solutions, microservice, and serverless architectures (5 years)
Expertise architecting and developing large-scale backend systems using Python (5 years)
Django or Flask (5 years)
Experience leading cross-functional teams, driving technical roadmaps, and ensuring alignment with business objectives (5 years)
Experience designing and implementing fault-tolerant systems with a focus on high-availability and disaster recovery (5 years)
Experience with advanced security practices, including secure coding, encryption, and access control (5 years)
Experience designing and deploying scalable, high-availability systems using AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, and Load Balancers (4 years)
IaC (infrastructure as code) and security automation using AWS CloudFormation/CDK/Terraform, implementing IAM best practices, VPC networking, encryption, and compliance with AWS Well-Architected Framework (4 years)

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and optimize core systems that power millions of transactions daily, directly impacting customers’ experiences and the company’s success.
Define the technical roadmap and drive innovation.
Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to deliver impactful solutions.
Analyze requirements and transform them into scalable software designs.
Work with other engineers, managers, product management, quality analysts, and operations teams to develop innovative software products and solutions that meet market needs with respect to functionality, performance, availability, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules, and adherence to software development goals and principles.
Serve as a subject matter expert for best practices with code craftsmanship, coding standards, and the use of tools that will improve the quality of the delivered code.
Define and execute the backend technology strategy.
Develop automated tests and deliver high-quality software code to production within a short development cycle in the continuous integration and delivery environment.
Design and architect scalable backend systems with a focus on cloud-native solutions, microservices, and serverless architecture.