Job Summary:
This role leads an engineering team, driving technical strategy, organizational health, and delivery outcomes. The Engineering Manager combines technical depth with people leadership to build high-performing teams, develop engineers' careers, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver impactful products and systems.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
• Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
• Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
• Proactively improves existing structures & processes
• Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
• Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
• Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
• Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations

Expected Qualifications:

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

Engineering at Venmo

At Venmo, we are creating a product that people love. We strive to create a delightful user experience while connecting the world and empowering people through payments. We are looking for intellectually curious people who want to be inspired and inspire others to change the world.

Engineering is a craft, and at Venmo we want the internals of our software to be as elegant as the end user experience we are designing. We spend our days scaling our infrastructure and building new features to meet and exceed our users' needs and wants. We work with a product team that is data-driven and human-centered in its design principles. We teach and learn from one another and push each other to be at our creative and analytical best.

Job Description: Engineering Manager - Cloud/DevOps

Our team is dedicated to ensuring the seamless operation of all user-facing services, as well as production and development systems. We manage Venmo's infrastructure comprehensively, encompassing operations, automation, security, compliance, and release engineering. While we are focused on Cloud Engineering, our work integrates elements of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps projects as well. On the DevOps front, we oversee CI/CD infrastructure, develop smart and secure pipelines, implement self-service secret management systems, create development environments, and establish microservices scaffolding and testing frameworks. The quality of the systems we build is paramount to the company, and we prioritize it highly. Our infrastructure must be delivered automatically, thoroughly tested, and scanned for vulnerabilities through synthetic tests.

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of Cloud and DevOps engineers responsible for Venmo's cloud infrastructure, tooling, and platform services; focusing on business continuity areas such as disaster recovery, chaos engineering, and failover game days. You will set the technical and organizational vision for your team, partner closely with engineering leadership and product teams, and ensure your engineers have the support, context, and resources to do their best work.

What You'll Do

• Lead and grow a team of Cloud/DevOps engineers, providing mentorship, coaching, and career development
• Define and communicate team goals, OKRs, and roadmaps in alignment with organizational priorities
• Partner with staff engineers and architects to set technical direction and drive strategic infrastructure initiatives
• Own hiring and team composition, including interviewing, leveling, and onboarding
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and remove blockers to keep the team productive and focused
• Drive operational excellence by championing best practices in reliability, security, and delivery
• Manage relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, translating business needs into engineering workstreams
• Monitor team health, developer experience, and delivery metrics, adjusting plans as needed

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's in computer science or related field; advanced degree a plus
• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ years of engineering management experience, leading teams of 4 or more engineers
• Strong technical background in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar technologies
• Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain top engineering talent
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience managing distributed teams and complex cross-functional programs
• Track record of delivering high-quality systems at scale

Subsidiary:
Venmo

Travel Percent:
0

The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:

Primary Location | Pay Range:
San Jose, California | ($176,500.00 - $262,350.00 Annually)

Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:
Chicago, Illinois | ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)
Austin, Texas | ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)
Scottsdale, Arizona | ($152,500.00 - $226,600.00 Annually)

Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.

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For the majority of employees, 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.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset-you. That's why we offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing-physical, emotional, and financial-delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.