Sr Specialist, Solutions Partner

PayPal • San Jose, CA

1d • $172,369 - $270,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal, Inc. seeks a Sr Specialist, Solutions Partner in San Jose, California. The role involves developing and improving technical products and solutions, including PayPal’s payments engine and advertising platform integrations. The specialist gathers and analyzes technical requirements, creates product and technical specifications, designs and implements API endpoints, and delivers high-quality software through a continuous integration and delivery environment.

The role also supports advertisers, agencies, and technology partners with technical guidance, integration support, campaign troubleshooting, and adoption of advertising measurement solutions. It manages technical relationships with AdTech partners and attribution and measurement providers, coordinates issue triage and escalation across teams, and improves processes through tools, automation, and workflow enhancements. Partial telecommuting is permitted from within a commutable distance. The work schedule is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; travel is 0%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a closely related field.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• 5 years of experience designing, implementing, or managing programmatic advertising campaigns and attribution or measurement solutions.
• 5 years of experience writing and executing SQL queries to analyze large datasets, validate data pipelines, and support campaign reporting and troubleshooting.
• 5 years of experience using data analysis platforms such as Tableau, Looker, or similar tools to derive insights, build reports, and support advertiser performance evaluation.
• 5 years of experience with advertising technology platforms, including DSPs, SSPs, ad servers, and programmatic ecosystems.
• 5 years of experience diagnosing and resolving complex technical challenges across engineering, product, and partner teams, including root cause analysis and escalation management.
• 5 years of experience with AdTech fundamentals, including ad serving, programmatic operations, audience targeting, and campaign measurement.
• 3 years of experience integrating with or managing third-party attribution providers, such as AppsFlyer, Adjust, or Nielsen, to validate campaign performance and data flow.
• 3 years of experience building or supporting REST API integrations between advertising platforms and external partners.
• 3 years of experience serving as a technical point of contact for external clients, providing integration guidance and resolving implementation issues.
• 3 years of experience working with data clean room environments, such as Snowflake or Habu, for privacy-safe data collaboration and audience targeting.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze technical product requirements for software products, features, and solutions.
• Create product design specifications for PayPal’s payments engine to improve real-time processing efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering, management, product, quality, and operations teams to develop software that meets requirements for functionality, performance, availability, scalability, reliability, implementation schedules, and software development principles.
• Architect, design, and implement API endpoints for PayPal’s distributed payments systems.
• Support advertiser integrations with PayPal Ads APIs, measurement partners, and programmatic platforms, providing technical guidance and best practices.
• Provide feedback to Product and Engineering teams on platform improvements, API enhancements, and operational efficiency.
• Serve as the main technical point of contact for clients and set up test accounts.
• Manage technical relationships with AdTech partners, attribution providers, and measurement platforms to support performance and data flow.
• Develop automated tests and deliver high-quality software code to production in a continuous integration and delivery environment.
• Triage and escalate high-priority issues related to ad serving, measurement, attribution, and programmatic integrations.
• Create technical specifications for advertising products, measurement capabilities, and partner integrations.
• Partner with Sales and Customer Success to provide technical support and consultation to advertisers, agencies, and technology partners.
• Prepare user reports explaining new functionality and proper usage, and proactively address technical support questions for newly implemented applications.
• Improve technical processes and develop tools, workflows, and automation to increase efficiency and reduce implementation friction.
• Drive adoption of advertising measurement solutions, including incrementality testing, attribution modeling, and campaign optimization tools.
• Troubleshoot campaigns through discrepancy analysis, measurement validation, and technical debugging of advertising implementations.
• Perform data clean room implementations and audience extension strategies using PayPal transaction and commerce data.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off.
• Healthcare coverage for employees and their families.
• Resources to support financial security.
• Resources to support mental health.
• Annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation may be available, as applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior