Senior Software Architect

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
PayPal China Technology team is looking for a talented, highly motivated, and seasoned architect to join the team. The person will serve as a key technologist in the team responsible for architectural design and technical solutions. The ideal candidate is a self-starter and self-motivated individual with strong consulting, technology skills, commitment to quality, positive work ethic and a "can do" attitude.

Meet our team
PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows people to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. With 430+ million active accounts around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. More information about the company can be found at PayPal.com.

Job Description:

Your way to impact- 

In this position, you will architect platforms and make design decisions that impacts millions of merchants and consumers in China and across the global. You will be the go-to person for all back end systems and infrastructure that support Chinese customers. You will closely collaborate with global architecture, infrastructure, program management, engineering and product teams to refine and deliver the strategies and build technical & solution architecture for large initiatives. You will work with partners and conduct technical assessments and impact analysis.

Your day to day –

In your day-to-day role you will:

•             Develop a strong partnership with China and global business, product, and engineering leaders to define business, product, and technology architecture

•             Gain a deep understanding of domain and industry best practices to develop technical vision and strategy

•             Define and maintain long term architecture (LTA) for China and other geo-locations globally

•             Effectively communicate technology strategies and trade-offs both to senior and executive management and to development teams

•             Review solution designs to determine their technical viability and their relevance to the business goals

•             Responsible for creating simple API’s, easy integration patterns for external services

•             Develop and govern repeatable design strategies and patterns to ensure consistent solutions

•             Guide engineering teams toward a common methodology

•             Work with the engineering team on Proof of Concepts

•             Be extended team member to the global enterprise architecture team

What do you need to bring-

•             10+ years of relevant work experience required

•             Fluency in programming languages such as Java, Node, Python

•             Expert with frameworks, platform trends in the space of Data and Distributed Systems – Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Elastic Search, Graph DB, etc.

•             Ability to lead various Technology Assessments.

•             Broader knowledge of infrastructure and info security

•             Familiarity with frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring Data, and microservices methodology.

•             Documenting Solution Design and Architecture

o            Options Analysis and Recommendations with costs/benefits, high-level tradeoffs, constraints, and assumptions

o            Define/Refine Architecture Guidelines and Principles

o            Detailed Designs (RESTful API design)

•             Delivering proof of concepts and reference implementations

•             Excellent communication skills; verbal, written, and presentation skills and interpersonal skills

•             Mentor and direct architects and engineers

•             Cross-Functional collaboration with various stakeholders and partners (Business, Product, Engineering, and Architecture)

•             Comfortable with context switching and managing across multiple priorities

•             Make high-quality decisions with limited information

•             Thrive in an environment of constant change

•             Be a quick learner undaunted by complex systems. Ability to expand to new domains and be able to pick up and contribute quickly

•             Experience in the payments or eCommerce industry

•             Prior knowledge of Risk Management and Fraud Detection technologies in the Payments industry is a plus

•             Prior experience in active-active, multi-AZ, multi-region processing a huge plus

•             Fluent English and Mandarin-speaking is a plus.

•             Travel may be required.

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

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For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

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.

Who We Are:

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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentaccommodations@paypal.com.  

Belonging at PayPal: 

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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