Senior Software Engineer, Android

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Jose, CAAustin, TX
Salary
$143,500–$212,850 / yr
Posted
55 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Mar 1, 2027

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Android

JOB TITLE: Sr Software Engineer, Android The Sr Software Engineer, Android joins the Venmo Engineering team to lead engineering efforts and define team-level processes. This role involves providing technical advice to senior leaders, mentoring junior engineers, and overseeing the end-to-end ownership of software components. You will contribute to the technical engineering roadmap by assessing implementation alternatives, refining ongoing processes, and ensuring the delivery of operable solutions. Key responsibilities include acting as a subject matter expert to resolve technical inquiries and evangelizing engineering best practices. The role requires 8+ years of mobile development experience, specifically with Kotlin, multi-threaded asynchronous code, and consuming GraphQL and REST APIs. You must possess deep knowledge of MVC and MVVM design patterns, algorithms, and testing frameworks to build resilient, consumer-facing mobile applications at scale.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead engineering efforts by defining outcomes, refining processes, and providing technical advice to senior leaders.
  • Act as an evangelist for technical standards, engineering best practices, and quality across the organization.
  • Own the end-to-end design, implementation, and operational excellence of software components.
  • Contribute to the technical engineering roadmap by assessing implementation alternatives and recommending tradeoffs.
  • Oversee team-level processes including code and design reviews to ensure timely and operable solutions.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert to resolve technical inquiries and provide leadership with limited guidance.
  • Communicate complex technical topics to diverse stakeholders including product, support, finance, and legal teams.
  • Mentor and develop software engineers while promoting high-quality coding standards.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in Mobile Development.
  • Experience developing and maintaining consumer-facing mobile applications at scale.
  • Strong Kotlin skills and knowledge of multi-threaded, asynchronous code.
  • Deep understanding of consuming GraphQL and REST APIs from mobile applications.
  • Strong knowledge of common design patterns, algorithms, and object-oriented programming, specifically MVC and MVVM.
  • Strong understanding of testing best practices and familiarity with at least one mobile testing framework.
  • Skilled at writing Unit and Automation tests.

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