Software Engineer

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

Your way to impact

• Design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software applications, document and test systems, modify as appropriate.
• Work with other engineers, architects, managers, and Product Management, QA, and Operations teams to design and develop innovative processes and create solutions that meet business requirements.
• Be a technical leader within your team and within PayPal in general.
• Provide technical and project leadership and mentoring.
• Be a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional agile team.
• Build performance sensitive systems that serve tens of millions of requests each day.
• Be an active voice in architectural decisions for PayPal’s core payments system.

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Your day-to-day

• You know how to write highly scalable and distributed Ruby on Rails services.
• You drive technical projects and take pride in building systems that are used by millions of users every day.
• You have experience in developing mid-tier services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA).
• You have worked on traditional and non-traditional SORs from Oracle to Couchbase and Cassandra.
• You think Agile is the way to go for faster development until something better comes along.
• You call Linux and Vim as your best buddies.
• You have great communication skills.
• You think POC (proof of concept) is the faster way to prove a point.
• You are passionate about PayPal and its mission to “build the Web’s most convenient, secure, cost-effective payment solution.

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What do you need to bring

• Strong Ruby or strong programming abilities in Java and other languages like Python, C++
• Strong understanding of algorithmic techniques, design patterns and best practices.
• Curiosity about how things work and the behavior of finding the answers. Flexible and adapting the changing circumstances, tenacious.
• Knowledge/experience with Unix. Knowledge/experience with relational databases, NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge/experience with GitHub. Knowledge/experience with Service Oriented Architectures.
• 5+ years and at least a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent).