Senior Staff Software Engineer

Job Description

Overview

Join PayPal's Merchant Engineering team as a Senior Staff Software Engineer. Our mission is to simplify commerce by providing a one-stop payment platform for all customer segments. We are the customer-facing teams within Product and Platform Engineering, building the touchpoints that interact with our customers across all stacks (PayPal, Braintree, and Hyperwallet), across all channels (online and in-store, web and mobile) for our Merchants.

Your Role

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will be a customer-focused, hands-on full-stack engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and delivering state-of-the-art payment solutions and merchant experiences. Your responsibilities will extend from designing system architecture to high-level programming and systems integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement front and back-end software applications.
• Ensure that the design and implementation adhere to defined specs and processes.
• Own end-to-end quality of deliverables during all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with core platform and infrastructure teams to satisfy the infrastructure needs for payment solutions.
• Work with various cross-functional groups (business, product, analytics, user experience design, and engineering) to build features and capabilities on merchant products and payment platforms.

Required Skills

• Strong frontend and backend programming skills.
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React, and Amber.
• Experience with REST APIs, Web Services, Unit Testing, and build tools.
• Proficient in back-end languages including Java, Python, Rails, Ruby, .NET, or PHP.
• Good understanding and hands-on experience with databases such as MySQL/Oracle.
• Excellent verbal communication skills and problem-solving skills.

Personal Traits

• Quick learner undaunted by complex systems.
• Thrive in an environment of constant change.
• Experience in refactoring existing code base and understanding existing implementations.
• Participation in tech events, hackathons, contributions to open source, authoring of blogs, and active participation in online tech forums is a plus.

Benefits

At PayPal, we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you. Our benefits include a flexible work environment, employee share options, health and life insurance, and more.

Work Environment

PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Compensation

The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is $96,900 to $234,300. Actual compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience. The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are excited about solving hard problems for our customers, working with a passionate and dedicated engineering team, and are focused on constant improvement as an engineer, then please apply!