Software Engineer - Graph QL

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:

We are seeking a skilled GraphQL Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team. This role is pivotal in ensuring the robustness, performance, and security of our GraphQL APIs, which serve as the backbone of our modern, scalable applications. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and maintain comprehensive automated testing frameworks, collaborate closely with backend and frontend teams, and integrate testing processes seamlessly into our CI/CD pipelines. By leveraging containerization and orchestration technologies, the GraphQL Engineer will help maintain high-quality service delivery in cloud environments, contributing directly to the reliability and success of our products.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Implements tasks within the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), receiving structure and oversight from more experienced staff
• Follows well-established internal conventions and standard procedures
• Understands internal standards & processes an applies them to make technical decisions
• Collaborates with peers, manager, and project lead to gain understanding of tasks and review solutions
• May contribute to code & design reviews

Expected Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualification:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites specifically targeting GraphQL APIs to validate functionality, performance, and security.
• Collaborate closely with backend and frontend engineering teams to deeply understand API specifications, data models, and business logic to create effective and comprehensive test cases.
• Integrate automated testing processes into continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, ensuring rapid feedback and high-quality releases.
• Utilize containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) tools to create scalable, reproducible testing environments that mirror production.
• Monitor API performance and reliability in cloud environments, primarily using Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, to proactively identify and troubleshoot issues.
• Participate in code reviews, provide feedback on testability and quality, and advocate for best practices in API testing and automation.
• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to optimize testing workflows and infrastructure as code (IaC) practices.
• Maintain detailed documentation of test plans, test cases, and testing processes to ensure knowled