Staff Software Engineer

PayPal•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal, Inc. seeks Staff Software Engineer in New York, NY. This role involves defining and executing the mobile technology roadmap, leading a high-performing mobile engineering team, and serving as a subject matter expert in mobile technologies and architecture. The engineer will mentor senior engineers, partner with product and engineering leadership, drive architecture discussions, and develop innovative software products and solutions. Key responsibilities include identifying and fixing performance and scalability issues in a time-critical environment, developing automated tests, and delivering high-quality software code within a continuous integration and delivery environment. Partial telecommuting is permitted from within a commutable distance.

Requirements

Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related field plus three years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
OR Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related field plus five years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Experience designing and developing large-scale mobile software applications using Swift and Objective-C programming languages (3 years)
Experience designing and developing mobile applications using iOS frameworks (SwiftUI and/or UIKit) (3 years)
Experience developing mobile applications leveraging app architecture and design patterns: MVVM, MVC, singleton, delegation (3 years)
Experience implementing secure web-service calls to fetch and process data from REST APIs in JSON format (3 years)
Experience developing software leveraging version control and collaborative development practices in an Agile environment (3 years)
Experience shipping well tested mobile applications through Unit testing, XCTest and Swift testing (3 years)
Experience with debugging issues as they occur and documenting technical specifications (3 years)
Experience creating user interfaces using Auto Layout, Storyboards, NIBs, and programmatic UI development including custom table view cells and collection views (3 years)
Experience with mobile application performance optimization including app launch time optimization, background thread management, and GCD (Grand Central Dispatch) implementation (2 years)
Experience designing, architecting, and developing reusable libraries and components for mobile platforms that can be leveraged across multiple applications (1 year)

Responsibilities

Define and execute the mobile technology roadmap using mobile development experience (iOS and/or Android) and experience in designing, developing, and delivering software and/or platforms (libraries).
Lead a high-performing mobile engineering team, driving innovation and experimentation in mobile development.
Serve as a subject matter expert in mobile technologies and architecture, object-oriented programming, and design, coding, and testing patterns.
Mentor and coach senior engineers and foster a culture of innovation and experimentation.
Partner effectively with product and engineering leadership to oversee mobile architecture and design.
Drive architecture discussions, produce well-documented design docs, and participate in design and code reviews.
Work with other engineers, managers, product management, quality analysts, and operations teams to develop innovative software products and solutions that meet market needs.
Identify and fix performance, scalability, and other software live issues in a very time critical environment.
Develop automated tests and deliver high-quality software code to production within a short development cycle in the continuous integration and delivery environment.