Staff Software Engineer

Jobtailor; Arizona; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal's Venmo cloud engineering team seeks a seasoned leader to align engineers, define technical tasks, and drive end-to-end initiatives across AWS infrastructure. You will mentor engineers, coordinate cross‑functional efforts, and champion operational excellence while delivering reliable global-scale services.

The role combines hands‑on development with leadership, incident handling, and ongoing modernization of cloud architectures, tooling, and processes to ensure scalable, resilient

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in computer science or related field of study
• 7+ years' experience in software development or a related field
• 5+ years' experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365 as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team
• 2+ years technical leadership experience
• Extensive hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and supporting infrastructure for global‑scale services
• Hands‑on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS or similar cloud provider
• Hands‑on programming and scripting with Python, Java, Bash, and Go
• Hands‑on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical issues to non‑technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Act as a project or system leader coordinating other engineers
• Determine technical tasks for engineers
• Achieve customer, operational, program, or service objectives
• Improve existing structures and processes
• Reconcile competing priorities to identify optimal solutions
• Collaborate with management to establish and improve engineering standards
• Represent PayPal to partners, customers, and industry organizations
• Lead strategic initiatives across one or more technical domains
• Contribute hands‑on while leading by example
• Mentor senior and junior engineers
• Drive scalability and reliability of Venmo's AWS cloud infrastructure
• Guide application teams in strengthening cloud competencies
• Lead initiatives end‑to‑end, including design, stakeholder identification, risk management, coordination, implementation, and delivery accountability
• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, document problems, and implement preventive measures
• Coach engineers on design principles and best practices
• Evaluate and promote emerging technologies and architectures
• Improve production operations
• Develop infrastructure and application configuration‑as‑code tools and automation
• Enhance infrastructure and operations quality, reliability, and stability

Skills

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Technical Leadership

Software Development

Distributed Applications

Infrastructure Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Master's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Python

Java

Bash

Go

Docker

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud Engineering

DevOps

SRE

Job description

• Act as a project or system leader coordinating other engineers
• Determine technical tasks for engineers
• Achieve customer, operational, program, or service objectives
• Improve existing structures and processes
• Reconcile competing priorities to identify optimal solutions
• Collaborate with management to establish and improve engineering standards
• Represent PayPal to partners, customers, and industry organizations
• Lead strategic initiatives across one or more technical domains
• Contribute hands‑on while leading by example
• Mentor senior and junior engineers
• Drive scalability and reliability of Venmo's AWS cloud infrastructure
• Guide application teams in strengthening cloud competencies
• Lead initiatives end‑to‑end, including design, stakeholder identification, risk management, coordination, implementation, and delivery accountability
• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, document problems, and implement preventive measures
• Coach engineers on design principles and best practices
• Evaluate and promote emerging technologies and architectures
• Improve production operations
• Develop infrastructure and application configuration‑as‑code tools and automation
• Enhance infrastructure and operations quality, reliability, and stability

Requirements

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in computer science or related field of study
• 7+ years' experience in software development or a related field
• 5+ years' experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365 as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team
• 2+ years technical leadership experience
• Extensive hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and supporting infrastructure for global‑scale services
• Hands‑on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS or similar cloud provider
• Hands‑on programming and scripting with Python, Java, Bash, and Go
• Hands‑on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical issues to non‑technical audiences

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in leading cloud engineering initiatives, with a strong focus on AWS infrastructure, software development, and technical leadership. Capable of mentoring engineers while driving operational excellence and implementing scalable solutions.

Highest‑signal resume keywords

• AWS Cloud Infrastructure
• Technical Leadership
• Software Development
• Distributed Applications
• Infrastructure Automation

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Python
• Java
• Bash
• Go
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud Engineering
• DevOps
• SRE

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication
• Mentoring
• Collaboration
• Problem‑Solving
• Coaching

Industry Keywords

• Global‑Scale Services
• Engineering Standards
• Operational Objectives
• Production Operations
• Emerging Technologies

Tools & Technologies

• IaaS
• PaaS
• Configuration Management Tools
• Automation Tools
• Incident Management