Lead Backend Engineer, Python - Scalable Cloud Systems

Venmo; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 177,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Equity

Bonus potential

Healthcare

Job summary

Venmo is seeking a senior backend engineering leader to architect scalable cloud-native systems using Python (Django/Flask) with a focus on performance and reliability. You will mentor engineers, define the technical roadmap, and collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, and Operations to deliver impactful financial technology solutions.

The role emphasizes secure coding, high availability, and rigorous engineering standards, with a balanced hybrid work model and opportunities for equity and

Qualifications

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

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 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

Skills

Project leadership

Technical decision making

Python Django/Flask

Cloud-native architecture

Agile/Scrum

Security best practices

Microservices

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

CDK

Redis

Kafka

Job description

Venmo is seeking a senior backend engineering leader to architect scalable cloud-native systems using Python (Django/Flask) with a focus on performance and reliability. You will mentor engineers, define the technical roadmap, and collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, and Operations to deliver impactful financial technology solutions.

The role emphasizes secure coding, high availability, and rigorous engineering standards, with a balanced hybrid work model and opportunities for equity and