Staff Software Engineer

PayPal

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Jose, CA · Austin, TX
Salary: $176,500–$262,350 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $219k

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This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $219k versus about $190k 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 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 · Staff Software Engineer

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As a Staff Software Engineer on the Venmo Payments Engineering team, you will serve as a senior engineer and subject matter expert, leading engineering efforts and refining processes for one of the largest payment platforms serving 65 million active users. Your responsibilities include end-to-end ownership of software components, contributing to the technical roadmap by assessing implementation alternatives, and providing recommendations while ensuring operational excellence. You will design and implement new and refactored services securely and at scale, delivering high-quality code on time. The role requires expertise in distributed services, backend systems, and public cloud platforms like AWS or GCP, along with experience in building fault-tolerant and scalable distributed systems.

Skills

AWS GCP Azure Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Python Java Go Ruby PostgreSQL MySQL Redis MongoDB Git Jenkins Terraform Ansible Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Lead engineering efforts by defining outcomes, refining processes, and providing technical advice to senior leaders.
Ensure operational excellence of software components through proactive improvements and assessments of implementation alternatives.
Design and implement new and refactored software services securely and reliably at scale.
Contribute to the technical roadmap by evaluating implementation options and recommending solutions.
Deliver high-quality code on time while adhering to SDLC processes.
Mentor engineering staff and manage relationships with product, operations, and business teams.
Build fault-tolerant and scalable distributed systems using public cloud platforms.

What we're looking for

- Lead engineering efforts, define outcomes for others, and provide technical advice to senior leaders.
- Design, implement, and maintain software components with a focus on operational excellence and scalability.
- Contribute to the technical roadmap by assessing implementation alternatives and providing recommendations.
- Provide technical leadership for a small team with minimal guidance from management or senior teammates.
- Expertise in building services on public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed systems.

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