Sr Software Engineer

PayPal•Austin, TX

1d•$139,152 - $221,500•Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal Data Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PayPal, Inc., seeks Sr Software Engineer in Austin, TX. The role involves designing and developing services using advanced design patterns and architectural best practices, overseeing automation coverage and continuous integration pipelines, and collaborating with architects, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver integrated technical solutions. The engineer will lead Agile SDLC execution, coordinate end-to-end feature delivery, and conduct peer design and code reviews to ensure adherence to PayPal engineering standards. Responsibilities also include defining technical standards, mentoring junior engineers, driving CI/CD automation, security hardening, and reliability engineering. A key aspect of the role is integrating agentic AI solutions to enhance software development efficiency, automate workflows, and improve system reliability. The engineer will architect and design large-scale, distributed systems, lead performance optimization, observability, and incident-response processes, and partner with leaders to define technical roadmaps and long-term engineering strategies. Partial telecommuting is permitted from within a commutable distance.

Requirements

Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related field, plus three (3) years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Experience with Java (version 17 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with Python (version 3 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with JavaScript (ES6 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with TypeScript (3 years)
Experience with Oracle Database (version 12c or higher) (3 years)
Experience with PostgreSQL (3 years)
Experience with MongoDB (version 4.4 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with Cassandra (3 years)
Experience with Redis (version 6 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with Elasticsearch (version 6 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with Neo4j (3 years)
Experience with Spring Boot (version 2 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with Hibernate (3 years)
Experience with Node.js (version 18 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with Express.js (version 4 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with FastAPI (3 years)
Experience with React (version 16 or higher) (3 years)
Experience with D3.js (3 years)
Experience with Redux (3 years)
Experience with React Hooks (3 years)
Experience with React Router (3 years)
Experience with Webpack (3 years)
Experience with Vite (3 years)
Experience with Tailwind CSS (3 years)
Experience with HTML5 (3 years)
Experience with CSS3 (3 years)
Experience with RESTful APIs (3 years)
Experience with GraphQL (3 years)
Experience with gRPC (3 years)
Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger (3 years)
Experience with WebSocket (3 years)
Experience with Server-Sent Events (SSE) (3 years)
Experience with Protocol Buffers (3 years)
Experience with JSON Web Tokens (JWT) (3 years)
Experience with OAuth 2.0 (3 years)
Experience with SAML 2.0 (3 years)
Experience with Apache Kafka (2 years)
Experience with RabbitMQ (2 years)
Experience with Google Cloud Pub/Sub (2 years)
Experience with Docker (version 20 or higher) (2 years)
Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (2 years)
Experience with Kubernetes (GKE) (2 years)
Experience with Cloud Run (2 years)
Experience with Jest (version 29 or higher) (2 years)
Experience with Mocha (2 years)
Experience with Supertest (2 years)
Experience with Cypress (2 years)
Experience with Playwright (2 years)
Experience with Istanbul/NYC (2 years)
Experience with Jenkins (version 2 or higher) (2 years)
Experience with GitHub Actions (2 years)
Experience with Harness (2 years)
Experience with SonarQube (2 years)
Experience with Datadog (2 years)
Experience with Prometheus (2 years)
Experience with Grafana (2 years)
Experience with Kibana (2 years)
Experience with LangChain (1 year)
Experience with LangGraph (1 year)
Experience with LangSmith (1 year)
Experience with Milvus (1 year)
Experience with Pinecone (1 year)
Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) (1 year)
Experience with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) (1 year)
Experience with n8n (1 year)
Experience with numpy (1 year)
Experience with pandas (1 year)
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Design and develop services applying advanced design patterns and architectural best practices.
Oversee automation coverage and continuous integration pipelines across projects to enhance delivery efficiency.
Collaborate with architects, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver integrated technical solutions.
Lead Agile SDLC execution and coordinate end-to-end feature delivery across teams.
Conduct and lead peer design and code reviews, ensuring adherence to PayPal engineering standards.
Define technical standards, design patterns, and code-review practices for the team.
Mentor and guide junior engineers; review designs, provide feedback, and lead technical discussions.
Drive CI/CD automation, security hardening, and reliability engineering efforts across systems.
Integrate agentic AI solutions to enhance software development efficiency, automate workflows, and improve system reliability.
Architect and design large-scale, distributed systems ensuring scalability, performance, and high availability.
Lead performance optimization, observability, and incident-response processes across services.
Partner with product and architecture leaders to define technical roadmaps and long-term engineering strategies.