Staff Engineer, Cloud & DevOps Leader

Venmo; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Venmo, a PayPal subsidiary, is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead cloud and DevOps initiatives across our AWS-based infrastructure in a hybrid PayPal office model. You will guide engineering teams, shape standards, and mentor others while delivering scalable, reliable systems.

This role demands 7+ years in software development, strong container and automation skills (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform), and hands-on experience with CI/CD, security, and observability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's in computer science or related field.
• 7+ years in software development or a related field.
• 5+ years operating distributed applications 24x7x365 as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team.

Responsibilities

• Lead major initiatives end-to-end: internal teams rarely have dedicated project managers.
• Define the design, identify stakeholders, navigate risks and changes, coordinate colleagues' work, implement solutions, and be accountable for timely and quality delivery.
• Continually raise the bar by helping engineers improve code quality and security.
• Coach and mentor engineers on design principles and best practices.
• Recognize, validate and evangelize emerging technologies and architectures that align with business objectives.
• Develop and improve tools and automation to manage infrastructure as code.
• Enhance the quality, reliability, and stability of our infrastructure and operations.

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps

SRE

Python

Java

Bash

Go

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CDK

GitHub Actions

Datadog

GitHub Enterprise

AWS

Job description

Venmo, a PayPal subsidiary, is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead cloud and DevOps initiatives across our AWS-based infrastructure in a hybrid PayPal office model. You will guide engineering teams, shape standards, and mentor others while delivering scalable, reliable systems.

This role demands 7+ years in software development, strong container and automation skills (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform), and hands-on experience with CI/CD, security, and observability.