Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps

PayPal

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Jose, CAScottsdale, AZAustin, TX
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 55 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps

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JOB TITLE: Sr. Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure and Devops The Sr. Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure and Devops joins the Business Continuity team to ensure the resilience and recoverability of Venmo’s critical systems. This role involves delivering complete solutions across the software development lifecycle, including designing, building, and operating infrastructure, tooling, and processes to protect against disruptions. You will perform chaos engineering experiments, manage disaster recovery automation, and maintain backup and restore systems. Key responsibilities include mentoring junior engineers, troubleshooting incidents, and defining resilience metrics like SLOs. The technical stack includes AWS, EKS, Docker, GitHub Enterprise, Terraform, GitHub Actions, DataDog, Bash, Python, and Go. You will solve complex business problems by ensuring the infrastructure can withstand and rapidly recover from any failure scenario, from local outages to region-wide incidents.

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Skills

AWS EKS Docker Terraform GitHub Actions DataDog Python Go Bash Java Kubernetes GitHub Enterprise Chaos Engineering IaaS PaaS Disaster Recovery

What you'll do

Design, build, and operate infrastructure, tooling, and processes to ensure Venmo's system resilience and recoverability.
Design and operate chaos engineering experiments to proactively identify and remediate system weaknesses.
Build and maintain disaster recovery automation, runbooks, and infrastructure across the AWS cloud environment.
Plan and execute chaos and incident game day exercises to validate system resilience and team preparedness.
Develop and maintain backup and restore tooling and processes for critical systems and data.
Define and track resilience metrics, SLOs, and recovery time objectives for owned systems.
Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, and implement preventive measures to improve production operations.
Mentor junior engineers and lead by example to drive best practices in development and infrastructure.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field of study.
8+ years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
5+ years of experience in software development or a related field.
3+ years of experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365 as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team.
Extensive hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting infrastructure to support global-scale services (AWS experience preferred).
Deep hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS or similar cloud providers.
Hands-on programming and scripting skills in Python, Java, Bash, and Go.
Hands-on experience with containers and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.

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