Staff Backend Engineer, Python — Lead at Scale (Hybrid)

Venmo, LLC; San Jose (CA); Ibrido; USD 177.000 - 262.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

PayPal, a leader in global payments, seeks a Staff Software Engineer (Backend Python) in San Jose. You will drive architecture for distributed services, mentor engineers, and own critical backend components deployed in the cloud.

The role emphasizes design, reliability, and collaboration across product and operations teams. You will work on scalable backend systems, leverage AWS or GCP, and use Terraform for infrastructure automation.

Competenze

• 5+ years of relevant experience in software engineering with backend focus.
• Experience designing distributed backend services at scale.
• Proficient in Python and modern SDLC practices.

Mansioni

• Lead engineering efforts and mentor team members.
• Design, implement, and operate backend services at scale.
• Own performance and availability of services and participate in on-call rotations.
• Collaborate with product and operations teams to deliver reliable systems.

Conoscenze

Backend Python

Distributed systems

AWS Cloud

Terraform

RDBMS

NoSQL

Redis

Kafka

SQS

RabbitMQ

Pulsar

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Strumenti

AWS

GCP

Azure

Redis

ElastiCache

Hazelcast

SQS

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Pulsar

Terraform

Descrizione del lavoro

PayPal, a leader in global payments, seeks a Staff Software Engineer (Backend Python) in San Jose. You will drive architecture for distributed services, mentor engineers, and own critical backend components deployed in the cloud.

The role emphasizes design, reliability, and collaboration across product and operations teams. You will work on scalable backend systems, leverage AWS or GCP, and use Terraform for infrastructure automation.