Senior Software Engineer — Frontend & Systems Architecture

PayPal; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Austin, TX to provide technical leadership for a team of software engineers focused on client-side applications. You will own features from design to deployment, drive architectural decisions, and push for best practices in performance, security, and reliability.

Responsibilities include end-to-end ownership, collaboration across multiple teams, and continuous improvement of CI/CD, testing, and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible software engineering experience.
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Angular/Vue, RESTful APIs, and microservices experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of software engineers.
• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of features, projects, and services across the SDLC.
• Lead design and implementation of end-to-end client-side solutions.
• Drive architecture discussions and advocate best practices.
• Optimize performance via monitoring, logging, and metrics to enhance UX.
• Design scalable, secure, and reliable services with clean docs and automation.
• Improve automated tests, CI/CD, and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure smooth integration and deployment.
• Communicate with Architecture, Product, Design, Analytics, Legal, Marketing, etc.
• Conduct code reviews to maintain quality and standards.
• Research new tools and drive adoption within the team.
• Participate in planning to influence product and tech roadmap.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

React/Angular/Vue

RESTful APIs

Microservices/Distributed Systems

OOP & Algorithms

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Observability (Splunk/Datadog)

Cloud Platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure)

CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions)

Mentoring/Technical Leadership

AI/Generative AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Splunk

Datadog

Job description

PayPal is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Austin, TX to provide technical leadership for a team of software engineers focused on client-side applications. You will own features from design to deployment, drive architectural decisions, and push for best practices in performance, security, and reliability.

Responsibilities include end-to-end ownership, collaboration across multiple teams, and continuous improvement of CI/CD, testing, and monitoring.