Staff Development Engineer in Test - Android

PayPal • San Jose, CA

67d • $152,500 - $262,350 • Hybrid

About The Position

This job acts as a project leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers, determining technical tasks, and improving existing structures and processes. It involves making technical decisions, collaborating with management to set standards, and representing the company to external partners.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 8 years software engineering experience, focused on building and scaling mobile test automation and developer productivity tooling
• At least 2 years in architecting greenfield test infra
• Deep expertise in native Android automation frameworks (e.g. Espresso, UI Automator)
• Hands-on experience with device farm integrations
• Strong skills in the design and extension of test frameworks for high signal fidelity and observability
• Demonstrated experience partnering with ML/AI engineers or integrating with generative-AI systems
• Proficiency in CI/CD tooling (preferably Harness), including designing and supporting automated pipelines for test execution and release gating
• Track record of technical leadership at staff level: solving cross-functional problems, mentoring engineers, and influencing org-level testing practices

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
• Architect and implement a robust test automation framework for native Android (Espresso or alternative)
• Collaborate with ML engineers and platform peers to co-design execution hooks and test data management systems
• Instrument test frameworks to capture rich, actionable data and signals
• Work closely with the Testing Platform Engineer to connect test execution, reporting, and dynamic selection to Harness CI/CD pipelines
• Build, maintain, and scale tooling to enable fast, reliable, repeatable Android Functional, Integration, and end-to-end testing
• Establish practices and utilities to enable dynamic/AI-based test selection and prioritization
• Guide and promote best practices to reduce late bug detection, increase confidence in test results
• Collaborate with iOS SDET and cross-functional teams to align testing and automation strategies
• Enable dynamic, AI-driven test selection, prioritization, and adaptive regression
• Automate non-functional testing including performance benchmarking, memory profiling, and security vulnerability scanning for Android
• Develop screenshot/video comparison and log capture systems for fast identification of UI regressions and functional breakages
• Collaborate with iOS SDET, Testing Platform Engineer, and cross-functional teams to align automation and AI agent integration
• Provide thought leadership and mentorship in automation, best practices, and the transition to AI-native quality engineering
• Contribute to documentation, org-wide playbooks, and enablement programs

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