Principal Engineer, Cloud Data Infrastructure

PayPal

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Jose, CAAustin, TX
Salary: $218,000–$323,950 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Closes: Aug 31, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $271k

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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 74 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $159,500–$221,500 across 74 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer, Cloud Data Infrastructure

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As a Principal Engineer at Venmo, part of PayPal’s data platform infrastructure team, you will serve as the technical authority responsible for setting the technology vision and defining architectural direction for mission-critical systems such as databases, data pipelines, messaging systems, caching infrastructure, and performance engineering. This hands-on role involves deep involvement in code and system development while also mentoring the Venmo data platform engineering community and providing strategic guidance to executive-level teams. You will leverage modern data pipeline frameworks, real-time analytics architectures, and AI/ML workflows, including vector databases and LLM serving infrastructure, to drive innovation and reliability at massive scale. Ideal candidates have a background in financial technology or payments processing, experience with transaction systems requiring extreme reliability, and a proven track record of mentoring senior engineers into technical leadership roles.

Skills

Python Kafka PostgreSQL Redis AI/ML Vector_Databases Feature_Stores LLM_Serving_Infrastructure CI/CD Docker Kubernetes AWS Resilience_Engineering Failure_Injection_Testing Business_Continuity_Planning

What you'll do

Sets technology roadmap and architectural direction for Venmo’s data platform infrastructure.
Provides deep technical leadership, owns technical strategy, and mentors engineering teams.
Handles ambiguous situations creatively to deliver decisive resolutions in cross-functional settings.
Integrates AI/ML workflows into data platform infrastructure, including vector databases and LLM serving.
Mentors senior engineers to grow them into technical leadership roles within the organization.
Exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches for assignments, achieving results.

What we're looking for

Extensive background in financial technology and payments processing.
Proven experience with transaction systems requiring extreme reliability and low latency.
Expertise in resilience engineering, failure injection testing, and business continuity planning.
Deep knowledge of modern data pipeline frameworks and real-time analytics architectures.
History of mentoring senior engineers to develop technical leadership skills.
Experience integrating AI/ML workflows into data platform infrastructure including vector databases.

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