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:

What you need to know about the role

As a Software Engineer on our modernization team, you'll be contributing to the core platform that powers our developers ability to use agentive AI to modernize legacy codebases. This role involves more than just coding—it's about enabling innovation by integrating the latest technologies, creating common solutions, and solving widespread challenges.

Meet our team

Modernization offers our developers the framework necessary to not only work on legacy code, but to customize their experience through the SDLC process. Initially, focus will be on creation of a platform and completing the needed conversions but will soon transition to the larger platform readiness. This is a new team that is pulling in the best and brightest across the org to work with a new technology in order to push our developer community to new heights.

Job Description:

Your way to impact

In this role, you'll have a direct impact on the success of the entire developer community by increasing efficiency to all their workflows. You'll be at the forefront of bringing cutting-edge technologies into our framework, ensuring that our applications are robust, scalable, and efficient. By solving common challenges and providing streamlined solutions, you'll empower our developers to deliver high-quality products that directly serve our customers' needs. Your contributions will resonate across the organization, making a meaningful difference in how we innovate and deliver value.

Your day to day

As part of the design team, you will work with outside consultants and internal architects and product teams to determine the ultimate platform needs that suit our use cases best. In our Scrum team, you’ll be an integral part of daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and discussions, collaborating closely with your teammates to drive projects forward. You'll participate in code reviews, offering feedback and learning from others to continuously improve code quality. Each day, you’ll be balancing hands-on coding with collaboration, all while growing as a developer in a supportive and dynamic environment.

What do you need to bring

• Strong Java Skills: 3-5 years of experience with Java, including Spring and Spring Boot frameworks.

• Java Fundamentals: Deep understanding of Java's runtime, memory structure, and garbage collection algorithms.

• AI/ML concepts and best practices: Familiarity with industry standard concepts and use cases. Understanding of the agentive/agentic workf