Software Engineer 2

What you need to know about the role: The primary role of the Software Engineer in the Site Reliability Engineering Team is We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer. The individual should be a self-motivated, team-oriented, problem solvers, possess creative problem-solving skills, and have the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be working to ensure that PayPal’s internal and external services have reliability and uptime appropriate to our users’ needs. You will be partnering with the internal Product Development Teams to define Availability, and Reliability goals and work with them to achieve the goals.

Our Mission:

To create the most compelling Reliability experience for our stakeholders and customers by democratizing our capabilities and offerings, driving reliability at scale. Predict, Prevent, and Protect through next-gen intelligence technologies.

Your day-to-day:

PayPal SRE is a continuous engineering discipline that effectively combines software development and systems engineering to build and run scalable, distributed, fault-tolerant systems. 

As a PayPal SRE Engineer, you will have the opportunity to:

• Work directly with Product Development teams on features, operations, and reliability engineering, to improve the outcomes that our customers deserve. Your contributions will make a difference in the production code serving millions of users and merchants.
• Explores industry best practices and influences the application of the most relevant and practical solutions in the activities performed day to day.
• Apply DevOps principles to solve operational problems through innovative automation and solutions.
• Work autonomously, within a team, and as a team to triage and remediate production system and application incidents while practicing balanced incident responses. Takes the learning and builds them as workflows driving towards a predictive & preventive future. When working autonomously, uses the opportunity to create exemplars, frameworks, or other auxiliary work products to enhance the ability of others to work autonomously or in collaborative teams.
• Be the primary enabler in reducing Failed Customer Interactions to raise our availability to all users.
• Enhances reliability of the overall system by working across components to ensure consistent monitoring and operational capabilities, facilitating trade-offs between component designs across teams, and/ or acts as an SME on incident response teams to accelerate issue resolution activities

What do you need to bring: 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics) or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• In addition to well-developed skills in industry-standard software development languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Node), you should be capable of at least one scripting language (e.g., python).
• Experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and software design.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment and make informed and sound decisions in crisis situations
• You strive to work in a dynamic, changing environment with large-scale applications across the stack.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience working in a collaborative and highly cross-functional organization

Preferred Attributes

• You have a passion for software development and technology.
• Using the “Scientific Method” to dig into problems is something you love to do.
• Experience in DevOps tools like Terraform, Operations as code, etc.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills
• Fair understanding and working knowledge of networking principles, internet fundamentals, Operating Systems, DevOps practices & tooling, Infrastructure basics, cloud operations, and application stacks.
• Strong articulation and stakeholder management skills.
• Finally, you must be determined to have fun; otherwise, it is just a job.

PayPal Behaviors:  

• Deliver Stand out Results – develops decisive strategies that deliver tangible results  
• Execute Well – focuses the business area on strategic priorities; operates clear, simple systems   
• Compete to Win – identifies the consumer and competitor-focused business opportunities  
• Innovate – leads effectively in a dynamic, fast-changing environment, challenges convention  
• Enable and Grow Talent – builds capability and a succession pipeline  
• Lead Completely – contributes to the business leadership agenda; sets business area vision  
• Navigate the Matrix – organizational awareness engages widely with peers and seniors across PayPal  

  

What do we offer?  

• Be a part of a dynamic company helping shape the commerce landscape   
• Concrete experience with strategic thinking and on-the-ground drive and execution  
• Future career opportunities with international exposure via PayPal’s network of global locations  
• A supportive environment that allows our employees to thrive and learn  

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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PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

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 paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.