Sr Software Engineer, BE Python

PayPal

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Jose, California · Austin, TX
Salary: $143,500–$210,160 / yr
Posted: 90 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $177k

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This role pays more than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $139,075–$203,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $171k for comparable roles.

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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.

PayPal currently has 84 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $160,500–$235,826 across 84 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Sr Software Engineer, BE Python

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Senior Software Engineer role available in the Payments Platform team, guiding junior engineers on a fast-paced project that processes billions of dollars in transactions for 65 million active users. Day-to-day responsibilities include leading code and design reviews, collaborating with product managers to refine requirements, resolving technical inquiries, and optimizing implementation choices for future development. The ideal candidate has over five years of experience with Python or equivalent languages, advanced skills in RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, and hands-on experience with AWS IaaS and PaaS solutions like CloudFormation and Terraform. Expertise in distributed applications, database operations, and infrastructure as code is essential, along with a strong track record in mentoring engineers and understanding runtime environments to predict performance characteristics.

Skills

Python AWS Terraform RDBMS NoSQL Redis ElastiCache Hazelcast SQS Kafka RabbitMQ Pulsar DynamoDB DocumentDB Cassandra MySQL Aurora Linux Java Bash API Gateway Lambda CI/CD

What you'll do

Oversees projects to ensure accurate, complete, and operable solutions are delivered.
Collaborates with product managers to understand and refine requirements.
Serves as an expert to resolve technical inquiries from other employees.
Contributes to code reviews and design processes within the team.
Anticipates consequences of implementation choices on future development and optimizes accordingly.
Owns the performance and availability of services, participating in on-call rotations.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience with Python or equivalent high-level programming language
Advanced skills in RDBMS, NoSQL data stores, caching solutions, and messaging/queuing protocols
Deep hands-on experience with designing and implementing infrastructure for global-scale services
Hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS or similar cloud providers
Experience mentoring and developing engineers
Competency in comparing multiple implementation choices, including nonfunctional characteristics
Strong communication skills to understand and explain technical issues

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