Job Summary:

Job Description:

PayPal, Inc. seeks Staff Software Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job Duties: Design, implement, and maintain ETL pipelines for all onboarded data sources, adhering to required frequencies (daily, weekly, etc.). Calculate key metrics such as percentiles, averages, missing rates, score bands, and distributions to quantify system efficiencies, ensure the accuracy of these metrics, and see that they are delivered on schedule to facilitate the identification of production issues. Continuously monitor ETL jobs and data processing workflows. Detect, investigate, and resolve job failures in order to maintain data quality and system reliability. Recover failed jobs and coordinate with relevant teams to resolve complex issues. Investigate anomalies such as score shifts, unexpected metric changes, and data-missing issues. Efficiently perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions to restore data integrity. Develop and implement new features to support additional data sources and improve system scalability. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to enhance monitoring capabilities. Find talent and mentor junior staff to become valuable assets to PayPal. Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field plus eight years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related occupation.

Special Skill Requirements:

(1) Experience designing and developing large-scale software applications leveraging big data technologies

(2) Experience with cloud-based data platforms

(3) Experience with Python, Java, or Scala

(4) Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD practices

(5) Experience with Linux environments, and performing troubleshooting and writing automation scripts

(6) Experience working in agile development environments

(7) Experience in performance tuning of big data solutions

(8) Experience in building GenAI based solutions

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 | Salary: $205,621.00-270,500.00 per annum. 40 hours per week; M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Subsidiary:
PayPal

Travel Percent:
0

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.

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