Staff Software Engineer

PayPal•San Jose, CA

About The Position

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 Design, development, and testing of features/functions delivered via applications and services. Collaborating with peers and seniors both within their team and across the organization. Working with product managers using agile methodologies to deliver high quality solutions on time. Collaborate frequently with other developers to design and implement the required solutions. Work with product and design teams to develop new ideas and explore new opportunities. Working with operations teams to ensure your applications and services are highly available and reliable. Participate in formal and informal code reviews to ensure code quality. Be a champion of high-performance, secure, and reliable software services. Collaborate and communicate effectively with all non-technical stakeholders (Product, Design, Analytics, etc.) Actively contribute to our automated test suite to enable speedy and reliable continuous integration.

Requirements

5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
Proficient in back-end development using Java technologies
Experience with REST API's and competent designing and building web services/microservices
Proficiency in Spring framework (Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Batch)
Solid understanding of concepts like Web Services, SOA, REST APIs, Message Queue, Distributed/Scalable Architecture
Deep understanding of and extensive experience applying software design patterns, data structures, algorithms
advanced object-oriented design, development principles and good analytical and problem-solving skills
Be driven to get results and not let anything get in your way
Be proactive and anticipate/handle most issues before they escalate
Exhibit a strong backbone and challenge the status quo when needed
Demonstrate a high level of curiosity and keep abreast of the latest technologies
Show pride of ownership and strive for excellence in everything you do
Bring fresh ideas for how to continuously improve our software and your team

Responsibilities

Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers
Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
Proactively improves existing structures & processes
Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities
Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
Design, development, and testing of features/functions delivered via applications and services
Collaborating with peers and seniors both within their team and across the organization
Working with product managers using agile methodologies to deliver high quality solutions on time
Collaborate frequently with other developers to design and implement the required solutions
Work with product and design teams to develop new ideas and explore new opportunities
Working with operations teams to ensure your applications and services are highly available and reliable
Participate in formal and informal code reviews to ensure code quality
Be a champion of high-performance, secure, and reliable software services
Collaborate and communicate effectively with all non-technical stakeholders
Actively contribute to our automated test suite to enable speedy and reliable continuous integration
Advocate for ways to remediate technical debt on an ongoing basis
Advocate & promote clean and scalable coding principles