Staff Software Engineer

PayPal

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Austin, TXSan Jose, CA
Salary: $160,500–$235,826 / yr
Posted: 9 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $221k

This role $198k

$148k most similar roles pay here $277k

This role pays less than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $192,132–$250,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $198k versus about $221k 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 49 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $160,500–$235,826 across 49 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

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Staff Software Engineer As a Staff Software Engineer within the Venmo Payments Engineering team, you will serve as a subject matter expert and project leader to drive technical excellence. You will coordinate engineering activities, define outcomes for others, and provide high-level guidance on systems, strategy, and infrastructure improvements. Your daily responsibilities include designing, implementing, and refactoring secure, scalable software services while ensuring operational reliability through active participation in on-call rotations. The role requires expertise in Python or similar high-level languages, RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching solutions like Redis or Hazelcast, and messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ. You will build fault-tolerant distributed systems using infrastructure as code with Terraform on public clouds like AWS or GCP to solve complex technical challenges within a large-scale payments platform processing high volumes of transactions.

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Skills

Python RDBMS NoSQL Redis ElastiCache Hazelcast SQS Kafka RabbitMQ Pulsar AWS GCP Azure Terraform SDLC

What you'll do

Coordinate and lead the activities of other engineers to achieve project and service objectives.
Define technical tasks, requirements, and implementation strategies for engineering teams.
Proactively improve existing systems, structures, and internal processes to enhance operational efficiency.
Provide technical leadership and advice to senior leaders regarding system strategy and solutions.
Design, estimate, and implement secure, scalable software services on the payment platform.
Evaluate implementation alternatives and trade-offs to contribute to the technical engineering roadmap.
Manage the performance and availability of services while participating in on-call rotations.
Represent the company to external partners, customers, and industry organizations.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and 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 like SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Pulsar.
Expertise in building services on public clouds, preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Experience managing infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Expert knowledge of distributed services, backend systems, and fault-tolerant scalable systems.
Ability to lead projects, mentor engineering staff, and manage relationships with cross-functional teams.

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