Senior Software Engineer

  In your day-to-day role, you will:

• Design, estimate and implement new and refactored software services on the platform securely, reliably and at scale. Take ownership for quality of design and implementation of software components 

• Deliver high quality code on time and follow our SDLC process 

• Have an appetite to learn and contribute to complex projects alongside your colleagues  

• Participate in code reviews  

• Follow engineering best practices as well as propose new ones 

• Help break down monolithic backend systems down to distributed scalable, resilient services/systems. 

• Help scale our distributed services architecture to support growth while maintaining performance and reliability 

• Collaborate with other engineers in software design and development best practices to significantly drive faster iteration and experimentation 

• Strong, active advocacy for technical standards and quality throughout the Payments team. 

• Interface with the product team and other functional teams to deliver new features and services against the product roadmap. 

  What do you need to bring:

• Bachelors and/or Masters in computer science, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience 

• 4+ yrs experience in all phases of enterprise software design, development and testing 

• Highly-skilled with one object-oriented/object function scripting language: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc. 

• Experience with RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching solutions (e.g. Redis, ElastiCache, Hazelcast) and messaging/queuing protocols/systems such as SQS/Kafka/RabbitMQ/Pulsar 

• Experience with distributed services and backend systems 

• Experience with building services on the public cloud – AWS, GCP, Azure 

• Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems  

• Application security consciousness  

• Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience 

• A strong collaborator, who is excited about teaching and learning from the team 

Preferred Skills:  

• Experience in payments processing or payments domain  

• Expertise in enterprise systems integration.  

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply. 

Language requirement: 

·                Proficient (B2: Upper-Intermediate) in both written and spoken English. 

·                We kindly request that your resume be submitted in English, preferably.  

Workplace Model:  

·                Hybrid (recommended to be in-office three days a week)  

Benefits:  

We're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy at PayPal.  We offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health. 

o        Assistance Program, stress management, educational assistance program, and various time off 

o        One Month Christmas Bonus, 12 vacation days, 50% vacation bonus 

o        Expert Medical Opinion ​​- Employee Stock Purchase Plan 

o        Family Healthcare: Major Medical Insurance and Dental 

o        4-week sabbatical after five years of service  

·                Learning and training opportunities 

·                Food, Gas and Restaurant Tickets 

·                Life and Disability Insurance ​ 

·                Home Office Voucher