Staff Software Engineer - Web Full Stack

PayPal; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape self-service promotion tools and campaigns across PayPal and Venmo marketers. You will design React-based web applications that are scalable, secure, and high-performing, leading engineering practice across teams.

The role requires 8+ years in software engineering, strong JavaScript/TypeScript/React expertise, and ability to influence architecture decisions while mentoring engineers and collaborating with backend, platform, and product teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and React
• Strong knowledge of front-end architecture, build systems, and packaging
• Solid understanding of backend systems and API integration patterns
• Proven ability to influence architecture decisions and lead teams
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating activities of other engineers.
• 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 and processes.
• Exercises judgement in reconciling priorities to identify optimal solutions.
• Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor.
• Represents PayPal to external partners, customers, or industry organizations.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Front-end architecture

Build systems

API integration

Mentoring engineers

Software engineering leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

About PayPal

The Company PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers. We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer on the PayPal Promotions Platform, you'll shape the self-service tools that let PayPal and Venmo marketers build and manage campaigns across a wide range of offer types. You'll lead the design and development of React-based web applications that are scalable, performant, and secure, and you'll raise the bar for engineering practice across the teams you work with.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• 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 (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
• Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
• Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
• Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications

• Lead the design, development, and evolution of self-service campaign tools for PayPal and Venmo marketers.
• Set technical direction, lead large-scale projects, coordinate engineering efforts, and align teams toward shared objectives.
• Drive architectural decisions and establish engineering standards, including coding conventions, design patterns, review practices, and long-term technical strategy.
• Partner with backend, platform, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver scalable, end-to-end solutions.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and day-to-day problem solving while elevating overall team performance.
• Resolve complex technical challenges and develop reusable solutions while balancing performance, scalability, maintainability, reliability, and risk.
• Represent PayPal with external partners, customers, industry organizations, and developer communities.
• Preferred Qualifications 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and React, with strong knowledge of front-end architecture, component frameworks, build systems, and packaging.
• Solid understanding of backend systems and API integration patterns, with the ability to collaborate effectively with backend teams.
• Proven ability to influence architecture decisions, build consensus, and drive alignment across diverse teams.
• Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and improving team performance through guidance, feedback, and technical leadership.
• Sound judgment in ambiguous or high-stakes technical situations, with the ability to balance competing priorities and tradeoffs.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to translate technical goals into actionable business and engineering outcomes.

Subsidiary: PayPal Travel Percent

0 - The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:

• Primary Location | Pay Range: San Jose, California: ($176,500.00 - $262,350.00 Annually)
• Additional Location(s) | Pay Range: No other locations are assigned to this requisition currently.

Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other