Staff Software Engineer

PayPal•Austin, TX

14d•$167,149 - $273,500•Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal Data Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PayPal, Inc., seeks Staff Software Engineer in Austin, TX. The role involves analyzing software product requirements and transforming them into scalable technical designs, developing innovative software solutions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The engineer will design and write code with a focus on identifying and troubleshooting bottlenecks, research and develop technical solutions, and create automated tests for high-quality software delivery in a CI/CD environment. Responsibilities also include conducting high-scale critical systems cutovers, migrating systems to cloud providers, and mentoring junior engineers. The role will focus on building a hybrid Java/Golang stack and supporting the infrastructure/framework team. Partial telecommuting is permitted from within a commutable distance.

Requirements

Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related field, plus four years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
OR Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related field, plus six years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Experience with at least three of the following backend development languages: Java, Golang, Python, or C++ (3 years).
Experience with at least one high-performance distributed NOSQL data stores: Aerospike or Redis (3 years).
Experience with Web front-end technologies, client-side frameworks: NodeJS, React, or Angular (2 years).
Experience with SQL Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MongoDB (2 years).
Experience building and deploying application with Cloud platforms (AWS or GCP) (3 years).
Experience conducting high-scale critical systems cutovers with 0 downtime/minimal impact (2 years).
Architecture and Development of high-performance, low latency distributed data store with Juno DB (2 years).
Architecture deployment of distributed systems, ensuring redundancy and high availability at Scale (3 years).
Experience with industry standard OTEL based monitoring systems: Datadog and Splunk (2 years).
Experience in FinTech Infrastructure deployments and operations. (3 years).
Experience with Service-oriented architecture frameworks: Kraken or Spring Boot (3 years).
Experience with Deployment frameworks, including Kubernetes. (2 years).

Responsibilities

Analyze software product requirements and transform them into scalable technical designs by collaborating with Technical Leads and Product Managers.
Develop innovative software product solutions that meet market needs in terms of functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules, and adherence to development goals and principles.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and business-unit leadership to develop project specifications and solutions.
Work with a dynamic team of engineers to define projects and release scope.
Design and write code with a focus on identifying and troubleshooting bottlenecks and related functionality issues before implementation.
Research, analyze, design, develop, and test technical solutions that are appropriate for the business and technology strategies.
Develop automated tests and deliver high-quality software code to production within a short development cycle in the continuous integration and delivery environment.
Conduct high scale critical systems cutovers with minimum downtime/impact.
Migration from on-prem system to cloud providers.
Mentor junior engineers through formal and informal discussions, code reviews, design reviews, technical presentations, and testing.
Work to build a hybrid Java/Golang stack and support the infrastructure/framework team.