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Sr Software Engineer, Backend - Java

PayPal
San Jose, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Jan 2026
💰 $212,850/yr($130,500/yr$212,850/yr)

About the role

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:

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Payouts Payments Engineering team you will be instrumental in the evolution of the Payouts Payments Platform. You’ll design, build, and optimize scalable backend systems that power the global payouts experience. Your focus areas will include automating and adding redundancies to merchants’ funds-in options, expanding the global network for payouts, and improving the speed, stability, and reliability of core payment processing and post-processing services.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
  • Advises immediate management on project-level issues
  • Guides junior engineers
  • Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
  • Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions

Expected Qualifications:

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

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

Payouts is a global, high-growth product. This Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) platform enables our customers to pay thousands of their recipients seamlessly every day.  
 
We solve problems at global scale and provide opportunities to match. Our diverse teams recognize each other’s strengths and collaborate to continuously improve. You bring technical expertise and a relentless focus on the customer, and we'll provide the environment and support you need to do the best work of your career 
 

Every day, we strive to build innovative solutions that deliver high customer value at scale. If you are excited about solving challenging problems for our customers, working with a passionate and dedicated engineering team, and are focused on constant improvement as an engineer, we’d love to hear from you! 

What You'll Do 

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