Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure and Devops

PayPal

Hybrid Actively hiring
San Jose, CA · Chicago, IL · Scottsdale, AZ · Austin, TX Posted 15 days ago $176,500–$262,350 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Staff Engineer on Venmo’s Cloud/DevOps team, you will lead major initiatives and drive the strategic direction of our technical domains while ensuring seamless operation of user-facing services. Your responsibilities include overseeing CI/CD infrastructure, developing secure pipelines, and implementing self-service secret management systems. You will work with AWS, EKS, Docker, GitHub Enterprise, CDK, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Datadog, Bash, Python, Go, and more to enhance the quality, reliability, and stability of our infrastructure. With 7+ years in software development and extensive experience in operating distributed applications, you will mentor engineers, provide thought leadership, and contribute to the scalability and reliability of Venmo’s AWS cloud infrastructure.

Skills

AWS EKS Docker GitHub_Enterprise CDK Terraform GitHub_Actions Datadog Bash Python Go CI/CD Kubernetes

What you'll do

  • Lead major initiatives end-to-end, from design to implementation.
  • Enhance the quality and reliability of infrastructure through automation.
  • Mentor engineers on best practices for development and deployment.
  • Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, and implement preventive measures.
  • Develop CI/CD pipelines and self-service secret management systems.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of software development experience
  • 5+ years operating distributed applications in a Cloud Engineering/SRE role
  • Extensive hands-on AWS infrastructure design and support for global-scale services
  • Deep expertise with IaaS/PaaS solutions, containers, and container orchestration
  • Hands-on programming skills in Python, Bash, Go, and Docker/Kubernetes
  • 2+ years of technical leadership experience mentoring and guiding engineers

Market check

Salary context

This $176,500–$262,350 range sits above 86% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$130,000–$225,100

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,400–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 86 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $160,500–$237,600 across 86 roles with salary data.

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