Staff Software Engineer

PayPal • San Jose, CA

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years, creating innovative experiences for moving money, selling, and shopping. They operate a global, two-sided network connecting hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers, providing proprietary payment solutions and enabling flexible use of accounts for purchases, payments, transfers, and withdrawals using various funding sources including bank accounts, PayPal/Venmo balances, credit products, and cryptocurrencies. PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products facilitate safer fund transfers between friends and family. For merchants, they offer an end-to-end payments solution with authorization, settlement, instant fund access, and risk management, also supporting cross-border trade. The company is guided by core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness, aiming to work as one global team with customers at the center. This Staff Software Engineer role acts as a project leader, coordinating other engineers, determining technical tasks, and improving existing structures and processes. The role involves making technical decisions, collaborating with management to set standards, and representing the company to external partners.

Requirements

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

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

• Comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most.
• Flexible, balanced work culture
• Holistic approach to benefits
• Generous paid time off
• Healthcare coverage for you and your family
• Resources to create financial security
• Support your mental health

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees