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:

Software engineers at PayPal develop innovative solutions and high quality products that touch millions of people every day around the globe. Our engineers solve some of the most complex technical problems in the world of payments across all business units. We’re looking for the highest levels of technical talent and programming skills, as well as a keen desire to deeply understand our products and services to push our technology forward with respect to functionality, performance, reliability, and scalability. The ideal candidate will have strong technical and analytical skills, deep knowledge of computer systems, and a collaborative mindset. If you are a motivated individual with a keen interest in building scalable distributed systems and contributing to state-of-the-art messaging platforms, we want to hear from you. We solve some of the most complex technical problems in the payments industry, creating systems that are highly functional, reliable, scalable, and performant. We are seeking a passionate and skilled Software Engineer to join our team to contribute to our messaging and streaming platforms, including Apache Pulsar and Kafka.

Job Description:

What you need to know about the role-

Seeking a talented and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic Messaging and Streaming Team, responsible for developing, optimizing, and maintaining PayPal’s Enterprise Messaging Platform built on Apache Pulsar and Kafka. This platform supports high-scale, real-time event streaming needs across the enterprise, ensuring low-latency, fault-tolerant, and scalable messaging solutions.

Meet our team

The Messaging and Streaming Team at PayPal is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the next-generation messaging infrastructure that powers reliable, scalable, and real-time event-driven communication across PayPal’s ecosystem. Our team ensures the seamless flow of critical business events, enabling low-latency, high-throughput, and fault-tolerant messaging solutions that support millions of transactions daily.

Your way to impact

• Manage the execution of projects from design to deployment, ensuring high-quality deliverables and timely completion.
• Design, develop, and maintain messaging and streaming solutions utilizing platforms such as Apache Kafka and/or Pulsar.
• Optimize performance, and proactively address potential issues related to Kafka clusters.
• Lead and mentor the team, provide technical guidance.
• Meet with customers to help them improve their experien