Senior Software Engineer – Cloud-Native Payments Platform

PayPal; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid work model

Healthcare

Job summary

PayPal is hiring for a senior software engineer to deliver end-to-end SDLC solutions in a dynamic, high-scale payments platform. You will guide junior engineers, advise management on project issues, and own service performance while supporting on-call rotations.

The role emphasizes Python development, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure with AWS and related technologies. A strong collaboration culture and rapid growth characterize the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience with Python or equivalent high-level programming language.
• Experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365.
• Bachelor’s and/or Masters in computer science, or related field of study.

Responsibilities

• Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Advises management on project-level issues, guides junior engineers, and makes technical decisions.
• Owns performance and availability of services and participates in on-call rotations.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

AWS

Java

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in computer science

Tools

Redis

ElastiCache

Kafka

SQS

Job description

PayPal is hiring for a senior software engineer to deliver end-to-end SDLC solutions in a dynamic, high-scale payments platform. You will guide junior engineers, advise management on project issues, and own service performance while supporting on-call rotations.

The role emphasizes Python development, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure with AWS and related technologies. A strong collaboration culture and rapid growth characterize the team.