Staff Backend Architect – Identity Engineering

PayPal Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybride; USD 177 000 - 262 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

PayPal in San Jose, California, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer on the Venmo Identity Engineering team to architect and deliver high‑performance identity solutions that build customer trust and security. You will lead design and development of scalable backend systems in Python (Django/Flask), mentor engineers, and ensure fault‑tolerance and operational excellence across cloud‑native services.

You will drive technical roadmap, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and uphold engineering

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Architect scalable backend systems using Python (Django or Flask) with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Apply advanced security practices, including secure coding, encryption, and access control, to ensure compliance and data protection.

Responsabilités

• 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

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Outils

Redis

Terraform

CDK

SQS

Kafka

Description du poste

PayPal in San Jose, California, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer on the Venmo Identity Engineering team to architect and deliver high‑performance identity solutions that build customer trust and security. You will lead design and development of scalable backend systems in Python (Django/Flask), mentor engineers, and ensure fault‑tolerance and operational excellence across cloud‑native services.

You will drive technical roadmap, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and uphold engineering