Senior Staff Software Engineer

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Summary:

What you need to know about the role:
As a member of the engineering team, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of the applications and services that power the digital wallets ecosystem. You will work closely with product, design, and analytics teams to understand payments ecosystems that our software is enabling. We're looking for talented, motivated, and detail-oriented technologists with a passion for building robust systems at scale. We value collaboration, communication, and a passion for achieving engineering and product excellence.

Job Description:

Meet our team: 

We are a team of small and self-driven engineers & product managers to deliver innovative solutions to drive business impact, on a mission to empower consumers with Digital Wallets and enable commerce globally.   

Your way to impact: 

As Staff Software Engineer in the team, you will provide technical leadership for your development team and you will lead the team’s participation in all phases of our software development lifecycle through technical leadership, implementation of technical designs, direct contributions to architectural decisions, influencing the technical direction of our client-side applications and mentoring of junior engineers. You will be responsible for developing industry-leading experiences that bring unquestionable value to both merchants and buyers. You will use your years of technical expertise and a solid understanding of the business domain to help us improve the scale, reliability, and performance of our platforms. 

Your day-to-day: 

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. 
• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of features, projects, modules, and services that you and your team deliver in all phases of the software development lifecycle. 
• Lead your team’s design and implementation of end-to-end solutions towards new payment experiences using various technologies. 
• Lead architectural discussions and contribute to overall technical direction, advocating for best practices and innovative solutions. 
• Optimize software performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks via monitoring, logging, and metrics to enhance the user experience. 
• Act as a strong advocate for clean and scalable principles and practices in all areas, including coding