Senior Manager, Software Development

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to revolutionize commerce globally to make moving money, selling and shopping, personalized and secure. 

Job Description Summary:

What you need to know about the role:

As a member of the Checkout Engineering organization, you will be responsible for leading teams that develop and deliver the software that powers PayPal Checkout. You will work closely with product, design, and analytics teams to understand how value can be delivered to the consumers and merchants using our software. 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.

Meet our team:

We, PayPal Checkout Engineering, are building experiences used by millions of merchants and shoppers worldwide, and our organization is on a mission to provide sophisticated, tailor-made experiences to all our users. PayPal has been at the forefront of building global-scale Java and J2EE applications and is a pioneer in the payment realm. Our passionate engineers continually question assumptions, experiment with new technologies and architectures, and collaborate to create engaging and innovative payment experiences.

Job Description:

Your Way to Impact: 

As a Senior Engineering Manager for PayPal Checkout, you will provide leadership for your development teams in all phases of our development lifecycle. In this role, you will be responsible for shaping the future of PayPal's customer facing checkout products. This will be accomplished through technical leadership, managing deliverables, and collaborating across teams and functions. You will use your leadership experience to foster the growth of your team members, improve operations, and cultivate a culture of engineering excellence. 

Your Day-to-Day: 

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to teams of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. 

• Establish outcomes and key results (OKRs) and successfully deliver them. Drive improvements in key performance indicators (KPIs). 

• Increase the productivity and velocity of delivery teams. 

• Develop, plan, and execute engineering roadmaps that bring value and quality to our customers. 

• Collaborate and coordinate across teams and functions to ensure technical, product, and business objectives are met. 

• Instill end-to-end ownership of products, projects, features, modules, and services that you and your team deliver in all phases of the software development lifecycle. 

What do you need to bring: 

• 8+ years of experience in the software industry, with 5+ years of professional experience leading software development teams. 

• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to address complex technical and non-technical challenges. 

• Experience building and developing engineering teams that exhibit strong ownership, user empathy, and engineering excellence. 

• Proven track record of delivering high quality systems and software that bring value to users. 

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders’ expectations.  

• Ability to coach and mentor talent to reach their full potential. 

• Experience in building large scale, high throughput, low latency systems. 

• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, modern technology topics and frameworks, and developer operations best practices.

Additional Job Description:

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Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

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