Staff Software Engineer

PayPal

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Austin, TXSan Jose, CA
Salary: $160,500–$235,826 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 55 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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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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.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Staff Software Engineer The Staff Software Engineer joins the Venmo Payments Engineering team as a subject matter expert and project leader. In this role, you will coordinate engineering activities, define technical tasks, and provide strategic advice to senior leaders regarding systems and solutions. You will lead a small team to design, estimate, and implement new or refactored software services that are secure, reliable, and scalable. Key responsibilities include owning the performance and availability of services, managing infrastructure as code, and mentoring staff. You must possess 8+ years of experience with Python or equivalent high-level languages, along with expertise in RDBMS, NoSQL, Redis, ElastiCache, Hazelcast, and messaging protocols like SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Pulsar. You will build fault-tolerant distributed services on public clouds like AWS, GCP, or Azure.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Lead engineering efforts by defining outcomes for others and providing technical advice to senior leaders.
Coordinate the activities of other engineers and determine specific technical tasks for the project.
Design, estimate, and implement new and refactored software services securely and at scale.
Own the performance and availability of services while participating in on-call rotations.
Contribute to the technical engineering roadmap by assessing implementation alternatives and trade-offs.
Proactively improve existing structures, processes, and engineering standards.
Represent the company to external partners, customers, and industry organizations.
Deliver high-quality code on time while following the standard software development life cycle.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent 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.
Expertise with distributed services, backend systems, and building services on public cloud (preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Experience in managing infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Ability to lead projects, mentor engineering staff, and manage relationships with non-technical business teams.
Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems.

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