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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.
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JOB TITLE: Staff Software Engineer - Web Full Stack
As a Staff Software Engineer on the PayPal Promotions Platform, you will lead the design and development of scalable, performant, and secure React-based web applications. You will serve as a project leader, coordinating engineering efforts to build self-service tools that allow PayPal and Venmo marketers to manage diverse campaign offer types. Your daily work involves determining technical tasks, driving architectural decisions, and establishing engineering standards like coding conventions and design patterns. You will utilize JavaScript, TypeScript, and React while collaborating with backend, platform, and infrastructure teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. This role solves the complex problem of providing marketers with robust tools to manage promotional campaigns across a global commerce network, requiring you to balance performance, maintainability, and risk in high-stakes technical situations.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Lead the design, development, and evolution of self-service campaign tools for PayPal and Venmo marketers.
Set technical direction and coordinate engineering efforts to align teams toward shared project objectives.
Drive architectural decisions and establish engineering standards for coding conventions, design patterns, and long-term strategy.
Partner with backend, platform, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver scalable, end-to-end solutions.
Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and day-to-day problem solving to elevate team performance.
Resolve complex technical challenges by developing reusable solutions that balance performance, scalability, and reliability.
Represent the company to external partners, customers, industry organizations, and developer communities.
What we're looking for
5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
8+ years of relevant software engineering experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience (preferred).
Deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and React with knowledge of front-end architecture, component frameworks, build systems, and packaging (preferred).
Solid understanding of backend systems and API integration patterns (preferred).
Proven ability to influence architecture decisions, build consensus, and drive alignment across diverse teams (preferred).
Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and improving team performance through guidance, feedback, and technical leadership (preferred).
Excellent communication and collaboration skills to translate technical goals into actionable business and engineering outcomes (preferred).
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WCAG) 2.2 AA
Python
Java
TypeScript
JavaScript
Cloud-Native Architecture
Microservices
Containers
CI/CD
DevOps
ML Frameworks
AI
API Design
Software Design Patterns
System Design
Testing
Monitoring
WCAG) 2.2 AA