Senior Database Engineer — Cloud-Native, Petabyte-Scale

PayPal; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 194,419 - 219,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Generous paid time off

Equity or incentive compensation

Job summary

PayPal, Inc. seeks a Sr. Database Engineer in San Jose, CA. This role focuses on building scalable, highly available database platforms and cloud-native data solutions across multi-cloud environments. You will design automation, security controls, and observability for mission-critical systems.

The position emphasizes lead responsibilities in SQL Server and MySQL, advanced performance tuning, and DevOps automation, with partial telecommuting allowed from within a commutable distance.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 6+ years’ experience, or a Bachelor’s with 9+ years’ experience.
• Expertise in MS SQL Server end‑to‑end administration and advanced T‑SQL.
• Experience in MySQL administration, clustering, and SSL rotation.
• Strong HA/DR design and data modeling for scalable systems.
• Automation, scripting, and DevOps experience with modern tooling.

Responsibilities

• Execute infrastructure transformations to meet availability targets and petabyte-scale performance.
• Lead database platform initiatives for high availability and scale.
• Architect cloud-native data solutions across multi-cloud environments.
• Design infrastructure-as-code for automated database operations.
• Establish enterprise security controls and access management.
• Develop monitoring and observability for critical systems.
• Optimize performance for high-throughput workloads.
• Provide technical consultation to product teams on resiliency.
• Architect tooling and automation with AI-powered capabilities.
• Partial telecommuting allowed within a commutable distance.

Skills

MS SQL Server

MySQL

High Availability

Automation & DevOps

Cloud Platforms

BI Stack

Education

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Bachelor's degree acceptable

Tools

VLDB administration

TDE/TLS security

SQL performance tuning

Job description

PayPal, Inc. seeks a Sr. Database Engineer in San Jose, CA. This role focuses on building scalable, highly available database platforms and cloud-native data solutions across multi-cloud environments. You will design automation, security controls, and observability for mission-critical systems.

The position emphasizes lead responsibilities in SQL Server and MySQL, advanced performance tuning, and DevOps automation, with partial telecommuting allowed from within a commutable distance.