Staff Software Engineer

PayPal

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Austin, TXSan Jose, CA
Salary: $160,500–$235,826 / yr
Posted: 55 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Mar 1, 2027
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role pays less than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $174,587–$222,875 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $198k versus about $199k for comparable roles.

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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 96 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $160,500–$259,158 across 91 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Staff Software Engineer As a Staff Software Engineer for Venmo Payments Engineering, you will serve as a subject matter expert and project leader for a high-scale payments platform. You will coordinate engineering activities, define technical tasks, and provide strategic advice to senior leaders while owning the design, implementation, and operational excellence of software components. Your daily work involves designing and refactoring secure, scalable services, managing infrastructure as code, and mentoring engineering staff. You must possess expertise in distributed services, backend systems, and public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure. Required technical skills include Python, RDBMS, NoSQL data stores, caching solutions like Redis, and messaging protocols such as Kafka or RabbitMQ. You will solve complex technical challenges to ensure the reliability and performance of global payment transactions.

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Skills

Python AWS GCP Azure Terraform RDBMS NoSQL Redis ElastiCache Hazelcast SQS Kafka RabbitMQ Pulsar SDLC Caching Infrastructure as Code

What you'll do

Coordinate engineering activities and determine technical tasks for project teams.
Design, estimate, and implement secure, scalable software services on the platform.
Provide technical leadership and advice to senior leaders on systems and strategy.
Improve existing structures and processes to achieve operational and service objectives.
Contribute to the technical roadmap by assessing implementation alternatives and trade-offs.
Own the performance and availability of services, including participating in on-call rotations.
Deliver high-quality code on time while following the standard software development life cycle.
Represent the company to external partners, customers, and 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.
8+ 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.
Expert knowledge of distributed services, backend systems, and building services on public cloud (preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Experience managing infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Ability to lead projects, mentor engineering staff, and manage relationships with cross-functional teams.
Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems.

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