Job Summary:This job delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). It involves advising management on project-level issues, guiding junior engineers, operating with little supervision, and applying knowledge of technical best practices.
Job Description:Essential Responsibilities: - Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
- Advises immediate management on project-level issues
- Guides junior engineers
- Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
- Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions
Minimum Qualifications:- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications: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 | ($143,500 - $210,160 Salary)
Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:
Austin, Texas | ($130,500 - $191,161Salary)
Details about the commission structure will be provided during the hiring process, consistent with applicable laws.
Additional compensation for this role may include equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
You will have the opportunity to work on one of the biggest payments platforms that caters to 65 million active users and processes transactions worth billions of dollars. Given all the fun challenges, we are a fast-paced organization going through rapid growth that is solving technical challenges at exponential scale. As an organization, we have a strong culture of committing to goals and delivering on timelines.
Your day to day - Key voice in team level processes (e.g., code & design review)
- Oversees projects, ensuring an accurate, complete, and operable solution is delivered, working with management as needed to fill gaps
- Collaborates with product managers to understand & refine requirements
- Serves as an expert to resolve technical inquiries of other employees
- Follows well established internal conventions and standard procedures
- Shares software development processes and standards with junior peers
- Leverages awareness of industry peer solutions to inform and validate technical decisions
- Anticipates consequences of implementation choices on future development and optimizes accordingly
- Contributes to code & design
- Own the performance and availability of the services as well as participate in on call rotations and provide support during incidences.
- Has an appetite to learn and contribute to complex projects alongside your colleagues.
What do you need to bring- - Bachelor's and/or Masters in computer science, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
- 5 plus years' experience with Python or equivalent high-level programming language
- Advanced skills with RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching solutions (e.g. Redis, ElastiCache, Hazelcast) and messaging/queuing protocols/systems such as SQS/Kafka/RabbitMQ/Pulsar
- + years' experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365 Deep hands-on experience with designing and implementing infrastructure to support global-scale services Hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS (or similar cloud provider): Infrastructure as code (AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, GHA, Puppet) Hands-on programming and scripting (Lambda, API GW, Python, Java, Bash) Hands-on experience with database operations: AWS DynamoDB, AWS DocumentDB, Cassandra, MySQL, AWS Aurora, Redis, ElasticSearch Experience mentoring and developing engineers Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues AWS Solutions Architect preferred
- Competency in comparing the qualities of multiple implementation choices, including nonfunctional characteristics.
- Understands runtime environment concepts (e.g Linux OS, Java Virtual Machine, python runtime) and behavior and can incorporate to predict performance characteristics of implementation choices.
- Experience with distributed services and backend systems
- Experience with building services on public cloud - preferably AWS. Alternatives, GCP, Azure
- Experience in managing infrastructure as code using Terraform
- Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems.
Subsidiary:PayPal
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: ($143,500.00 - $212,850.00 Annually)
Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:Austin, Texas: ($130,500.00 - $193,600.00 Annually)
Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us.
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.
