Senior 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 Description Summary:

Senior Software Engineer role, resides in Common Platforms organization that leads, drives, and delivers world-class core capabilities providing PayPal a global competitive advantage by engaging, protecting, and servicing PayPal's ecosystem to drive trust, engagement, faster time-to-market, and the best possible customer experience.

This role is under Foundational Commons -- Document Management Platform team supporting the implementation and maintenance of a system of record for all documents captured and generated by PayPal and its businesses. This central platform will secure, manage, discover, and analyze documents reliably and at scale.

Job Description:

Your way to impact...

You are a skilled and motivated Backend Engineer to help design, develop, and maintain critical backend services for Document Management Platform. The ideal candidate will have proficiency in Java, modern software architectures, and a solid understanding of databases, containers, messaging systems, and cloud technologies.

You will partner closely with the lead developers, peers, business teams, architecture and product to build great experiences for the platform.

If you're passionate about building scalable, high-performance systems, we'd love to have you on board!

Your day to day..

• Design, implement, and maintain RESTful APIs, services, and backend systems using Java and related technologies.
• Work extensively with the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud) to build scalable, reliable backend services.
• Use Docker and container orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes) to deploy, manage, and scale applications in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Implement and manage messaging queues and event-driven architectures (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka, JMS) for asynchronous communication and scalable event processing.
• Design and optimize relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) to support performance and data integrity.
• Work closely with front-end developers, DevOps, and product managers to ensure smooth integration between backend systems and user-facing components.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to best practices (unit testing, version control, CI/CD pipelines).
• Monitor and optimize the performance of backend systems, focusing on scalability, latency, and resource efficiency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues and bottlenecks in the backend infrastructure.

What do you need to bring...

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