Manager, System & Cloud Engineering

PayPal

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$160,500–$238,700 / yr
Posted
22 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 3, 2027

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About PayPal

PayPal is a leading global digital wallet and online payment system, founded in 1998, that allows individuals and businesses to send, receive, and manage funds securely in over 200 markets.

PayPal currently has 96 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Manager, System & Cloud Engineering

The Manager, System & Cloud Engineering joins the Developer Experience team to lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineers in supporting PayPal Credit products, including Buy Now, Pay Later and merchant lending. This role involves owning the product vision and roadmap for platforms and service architecture, specifically the Loan Management System built on Apache Fineract. You will lead a team to design, deploy, and operate cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, on-premises environments, and GCP. Key responsibilities include managing budgets, vendor relationships, and ensuring compliance with PCI and SOX requirements. You will utilize technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, and monitoring tools like Datadog and Splunk. The role solves complex hybrid cloud connectivity, disaster recovery, and scalability challenges to accelerate product launches and streamline operations for global financial services.

What you'll do

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of infrastructure engineers including performance management and career growth.
  • Own the DevEx product vision and roadmap by translating business priorities into actionable JIRA epics.
  • Direct the design, deployment, and operation of infrastructure for the Loan Management System across AWS and on-premises environments.
  • Serve as the primary partner for Security, Audit, and Compliance to oversee vulnerability remediation and PCI/SOX requirements.
  • Manage AWS budgets, vendor relationships, purchase orders, and cost-optimization initiatives.
  • Implement scalable global connectivity solutions and oversee all phases of project lifecycles.
  • Champion the development of network lifecycle automation and visibility/telemetry tools.
  • Partner with development teams to remove delivery blockers and identify tools that support product launches.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience leading, coaching, hiring, and developing a team of infrastructure engineers.
  • Experience managing AWS budgets, vendor relationships, and cost-optimization initiatives (preferred).
  • Experience owning technical product roadmaps and translating business priorities into actionable backlogs (preferred).
  • Working knowledge of AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, CloudFormation, and monitoring platforms like Datadog or Splunk (preferred).
  • Experience managing vulnerabilities and partnering with security teams on PCI, SOX, and access-control requirements (preferred).
  • Experience as an engineer in DevOps, SRE, cloud, or infrastructure engineering (preferred).
  • Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills to represent technical roadmaps to senior leadership (preferred).

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