Staff Software Engineer

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:

As part of the Compliance Platform Technology organization, this role expects high standards of engineering excellence with strong conceptual understanding in design, develop, test and maintain large scale systems that helps PayPal satisfy the standards/policy requirements of the regulatory agencies in countries that PayPal operates in.

Job Description:

Job Requirements

• Experience in large scale HADR Cloud-based systems 
• Produce technical design specifications and guidance to the appropriate detail, acting as an advisor to a zone and/or multiple charters 
• Own technical approach to solving problems, tech backlog for your team
• Produce documentation proving the value of proposed solutions and providing paths to implementation
• Define architecture for the platform/product, build and update the roadmap to achieve this architecture. 
• Exhibits mastery of a few functional zones and multiple pieces of the application
• Provide a vision of the core framework of technology services and the components for your product which enable reuse by the technology teams
• Build vs. Buy vs. Adopt: Cultivate awareness and opportunities for new & existing open source technologies; understand where & how to leverage them, or when its more appropriate to build from scratch.
• Use techniques such as prototype (e.g. 4+1 architecture) and analytics to demonstrate value of solutions

Qualifications

• 12+ years of comprehensive experience in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including in-depth knowledge of planning, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance phases.
• Proven track record of managing complex projects and delivering high-quality software solutions primarily with object-oriented languages such as Java/J2EE.
• Extensive experience in designing, documenting, and implementing advanced software processes and process improvement tools that drive productivity, efficiency, and scalability.
• Strong experience in applying advanced object-oriented design and development principles to create robust, scalable, and maintainable codebases.
• Hands on experience in developing data-driven applications using an industry standard RDBMS (Oracle, DB2, etc.), and GCP BigQuery, with a deep understanding of data modeling, schema design, and query optimization.
• Strong familiarity with RESTful API design, implementation, and best practices to enable seamless integration between services. Proven skills in multi-threaded programming, synchronization, and handling concurrency issues for high-performance applications.
• Well versed with distributed computing technologies (Hadoop, spark)
• Proficiency with Unix/Linux environments, scripting, and command-line tools, alongside a working knowledge of Python for scripting and automation purposes.
• Solid experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) to accommodate both structured and unstructured data needs, enabling flexibility and scalability in data storage and retrieval.

Nice to Have

• Experience in online payments, Compliance and reporting domain is a plus 

Responsibilities

• Work with business users to define the key business requirements and translate them into process/technical solutions 
• Ensure that the software system meets/adheres to relevant industry standards
• Formulate efficient tradeoffs between Requirements and a low Time-To-Production.
• Own and drive design, development and delivery of features.
• Prototype ideas quickly using cutting edge technologies.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Identify reusable components and have logical/physical separation to scale individually
• Prepare and review Design/Architectural changes to improve productivity and for better customer experience
• Engage in recruitment process to identify top talent
• Mentors other engineers by providing technical and business guidance

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:

PayPal

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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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