Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Cloud

PayPal • San Jose, CA

73d • $169,500 - $291,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join PayPal's Engineering team and help shape the future of global commerce. We're building scalable, high-performance systems that delight customers and drive business growth. As a Staff Engineer, you'll lead backend development, collaborate across teams, and drive innovation. We prioritize code quality, rapid iteration, and customer impact. Be part of a dynamic, agile team creating meaningful, world-changing technology.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in software development, with proven experience in backend development in Java and related frameworks such as Spring Boot and Hibernate.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in building high-scale, high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills, possessing the ability to work independently or collaboratively to analyze and address complex technical challenges.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Proven experience in both real-time online transaction processing systems as well as non-real time asynchronous processing.
• Knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree or higher preferred
• Should be a strong advocate of code craftsmanship, good coding standards and use of tools that will improve the quality of the delivered code.
• Nice to have some familiarity with Front End technologies such as React, Express, Node.
• Experience working in payments or financial services industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
• Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
• Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
• Proactively improves existing structures & processes
• Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
• Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
• Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
• Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Employee shares options
• Health and life insurance
• Annual performance bonus
• Equity
• Medical, dental, vision, and other benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees