Software Engineer 3

The Merchant Platform team is looking for talented, creative, and passionate Java backend engineers to create a new product. The role expects a high standard of engineering excellence and a deep understanding of building and maintaining scalable applications and services.

Our Mission:

Merchant Engineering’s mission is to simplify commerce by providing a one-stop payment platform for all customer segments.

Your day-to-day:

Design and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software applications, document, and test systems, and modify as appropriate.

• Own implementation of a module/application/product
• Develop efficient, elegant, clean code with no unnecessary complication or abstraction
• Deliver code in an agile team environment - you will operate in the bi-weekly scrum model
• Collaborate with other engineers, architects, and cross-vertical team
• Build new APIs to enhance the portfolio of PayPal’s one of the most popular services.
• Build and take operational responsibility for Java services that serve millions of users
• Identify any product/functionality gaps and collaborate with internal product and technology teams to define the necessary development to support solution delivery.
• Drive integration efforts and lead critical workstreams of strategic initiatives sponsored by senior executives

What do you need to bring:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years experience in Java backend development.
• Expert knowledge in Java Reactive programming, Spring framework, Spring boot
• Good understanding of web services and related standards like REST/JSON and gRPC
• Experience in Object-Oriented programming and concepts.
• Solid understanding of basic algorithms and design patterns.
• Unix-based development environment.
• Experience in interacting with engineering teams from multiple geo-locations
• Experience in both development and QA activities.
• Experiences in both relational and non-relational DB, like Oracle and CouchDB
• Experience in Junit and TestNG.
• Experience in Kubernetes.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Financial or Payment industry experience is preferred.
• Proven track record in delivering highly available, scalable systems on time.
• Good communication skills, fluent in English.