Staff Software Engineer, Backend Python

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Jose, CA
Salary: $176,500–$262,350 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 55 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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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 · Staff Software Engineer, Backend Python

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The Staff Software Engineer - Backend Python joins the Venmo engineering team to build and scale high-quality payment backend services. This role involves leading projects, coordinating engineering activities, and mentoring junior peers while ensuring the delivery of robust, operable solutions. You will participate in code and design reviews, collaborate with product managers to refine requirements, and manage service performance and availability. Key technical requirements include 5+ years of experience with Python, advanced skills in RDBMS, NoSQL data stores, and caching solutions like Redis or ElastiCache. You must also possess expertise in messaging protocols such as SQS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ. The role requires building fault-tolerant distributed services on public clouds like AWS using Terraform for infrastructure as code to solve complex technical challenges at exponential scale.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

Python AWS Terraform RDBMS NoSQL Redis ElastiCache Hazelcast SQS Kafka RabbitMQ Pulsar Linux Java Virtual Machine SDLC GCP Azure

What you'll do

Act as a project or system leader by coordinating the activities of other engineers.
Determine specific technical tasks for other engineers to follow to achieve service objectives.
Proactively improve existing structures, processes, and engineering standards.
Reconcile competing priorities such as time, quality, complexity, and risk to identify optimal solutions.
Mentor junior engineers and share software development processes and standards with peers.
Collaborate with product managers to understand and refine technical requirements.
Own the performance and availability of services and participate in on-call rotations.
Represent the company to outside partners, customers, or industry organizations.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
5+ years of relevant experience.
5+ years of experience with Python or an equivalent high-level programming language.
Advanced skills with RDBMS, NoSQL data stores, caching solutions, and messaging/queuing protocols.
Experience with distributed services, backend systems, and building services on public cloud (preferably AWS).
Experience in managing infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems.
Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead technical tasks for other engineers.

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