Director Engineering jobs at Paypal in Sweden, Stockholm

Essential Responsibilities:

• Directly manages software development projects (including program management) and execution through individual contributors. May also lead project teams across platforms or groups
• Implements processes to drive strong operational hygiene for all components and systems within their group
• Responsible for the delivery of projects, including quality and timeliness, that impact their domain and potentially one other
• Demonstrates strong tactical ability by managing the roadmap for a scrum team responsible for technical issues of diverse scope where analysis requires an understanding of current business or tends
• Competent at communicating technical issues with non-technical audiences
• Analyzes multiple sources of information and identifies & resolves complex technical, operational, and organizational problems relating to software development.
• Collaborates with direct team, managers in org, stakeholders such as Product Owners & PMO

Expected Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualification:

​What you need to bring

• Proven experience in team leadership and mentoring.
• Coding experience in Java, Kotlin, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering teams in a fast-paced fintech or payments environment.
• Ability to mentor and grow engineers through coaching, feedback, and career development planning.
• Skilled in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and driving continuous delivery and improvement.
• Experience in setting technical direction and aligning engineering goals with business objectives.
• Track record of building scalable, resilient, and high-availability systems.
• Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and incident management.
• Strong focus on quality, testing, and automation in CI/CD pipelines.

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please

Job Description:

As part of this team, you won’t just be building features, you’ll be laying the foundation for commerce capabilities across PayPal. And with the rise of agentic commerce (yes, the buzz is real and it’s

What you need to know about the role

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers working on payment systems, ensuring high performance, engagement, and growth.

• Collaborate closely with Product, Compliance, and Finance teams to define and deliver payment features and improvements.

• Oversee the design, development, and deployment of scalable and secure payment solutions.

• Drive technical excellence through code reviews, architecture discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Manage sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and other agile ceremonies to ensure smooth delivery.

• Monitor system performance and reliability, and lead incident response and root cause analysis when needed.

• Partner with stakeholders to define technical roadmaps and align engineering efforts with business goals.

• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning within the team.

• Stay up to date with trends in the payments industry and evaluate new technologies or vendors as needed.

What you need to bring

• Proven experience in team leadership and mentoring.

• Coding experience in Java, Kotlin, React, or similar technologies.

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering teams in a fast-paced fintech or payments environment.

• Ability to mentor and grow engineers through coaching, feedback, and career development planning.

• Skilled in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and driving continuous delivery and improvement.

• Experience in setting technical direction and aligning engineering goals with business objectives.

• Track record of building scalable, resilient, and high-availability systems.

• Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and incident management.

• Strong focus on quality, testing, and automation in CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Qualification:

Master's degree (like an MBA or MEM) in engineering or computer science or similar

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please