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:

What you need to know about the role-
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join PayPal Commerce Platform (PPCP) Team. This is a primarily backend role and you will be sought as an expert of frameworks, advocate for best practices and cross-team influencer.
Meet our team
The candidate will be part of PayPal Commerce Platform Team. The candidate will be responsible for analysis, design, coding and building web platforms. The individual should be self-motivated, team-oriented, problem solver, possess creative problem-solving skills and have the ability to handle multiple projects at the same time. The candidate will be developing multiple tiered web applications based on modern technologies

Job Description:

Your day to day

• Develops efficient, elegant, clean, reusable code with no unnecessary complication or abstraction.
• Mentor other engineers and developers by providing technical and business-related guidance and resources;
• Deliver quality solutions on schedule.
• Create / Review well-articulated, detailed design documents.
• Advises management and appropriate groups on support issues which impact customer satisfaction and provides recommendations for appropriate actions
• Presents issues and solutions to audiences of varying sizes. Provides recognized technical and business leadership and is able to provide deep technical support across a range of functionality.
• Manages workload and other assignments efficiently while being able to resolve time-critical situations reliably and professionally.
• Participates in the development of tools, systems and processes aimed at improving product supportability or overall support productivity.

What do you need to bring-

• 9+ years of experience developing large scale applications JAVA, Spring Core and Spring Batch, with good hands-on exposure to SQL and NoSQL technologies, good understanding of relational and free form databases, including strong data architecture and SQL/PL-SQL development skills
• Hands On Experience in Node/React.
• Deep understanding of and extensive experience applying advanced object-oriented design and development principles.
• Expert level understanding of designing and developing data intensive applications and architecting them for scalability and availability.
• Developing high traffic backend services, with low latency and designing them for scale.
• Experience applying software design patterns, data structures, algorithms.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience collaborating with business users to define the key business requirements and translate them into process/technical solutions
• Experience in Unix based development environment is a plus
• Knowledge on scripting languages like Unix Shell, Perl, Python is a plus
• Experience in application performance fine tuning is a plus.
• Experience with unit testing using Junit and writing functional testing.
• Experience using industry standard software development tools (IDE / Version Control / Continuous Integration)
• Strong debugging and problem resolution skills
• Expertise in online payments and related domains is a plus
• Focuses on test driven development and automation.
• Believes in Agile development and are comfortable with SCRUM process.
• Refactor existing codebase and in understanding existing implementations to decide to refactor or rewrite.
• Identify Performance bottlenecks and use good coding patterns to avoid them 
• We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

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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:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

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.

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.

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