PayPal Principal Software Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

103780180

Essential Responsibilities:

• Increases results & effectiveness of all software engineers in a large domain
• Sets the technology roadmap for a domain
• Adapts their role to the need, selecting the most effective means of realizing their technical goals
• Provides advice and counsel to senior executives within PayPal, influencing the development of multi-year business strategies
• Exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments and takes initiative to achieve results
• Handles ambiguous and unfamiliar situations and uses creativity to deliver decisive resolutions
• Uses discovery & exploratory research, not being limited to technical domains, to make successful decisions
• Identifies themes & trends that span projects and teams, and finds broadly impactful opportunities for improvement
• Uses professional savvy to determine when industry-standard solutions can be adopted, versus when a problem space warrants a novel solution (“build/buy”)
• Mentor others as a means of propagating technical influence, and to enhance the performance of their organization

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• Hands-on thought leadership for building on-premise and cloud-based Risk solutions for PayPal business segments.
• Have a solid understanding of Payments or consumer financial products, data systems and data environments, and processes that are necessary for the implementation of Risk and Finance models
• Deep Technical knowledge in architecting, designing, and Integrating new Solutions in a large-scale enterprise of highly distributed applications.
• Deep functional knowledge on Payment Wallets, interactions with Banks and Credit card partners.
• Work closely with engineering leadership across PayPal to integrate solutions efficiently.
• Work closely with business teams, while having a good understanding of how Fraud and Credit loss manifests in Fintech wallets.
• Establish the appropriate monitoring and alerting of solution events related to performance, scalability, availability, and reliability.
• Provides technical leadership, guidance, and direction to other team members.
• Build prototypes for demonstration and illustration purposes for peer groups, Business partners, or senior leaders.
• Influence senior business and technology stakeholders across the organization.
• Solving complex problems with datasets and optimizing existing solutions and frameworks
• Ability to influence engineers to foster an innovative culture
• Partner with product owners to define firmwide technology strategies and roadmaps
• Drive innovation and ensure maximizes the business benefits of adoption of market-leading technology capabilities
• Ensure new innovations are rapidly evaluated, piloted, and then scaled where appropriate, working closely with product owners

Our engineers work closely with design, product, and QA teams to deliver world-class experiences. As a Principal Engineer, you will:Build robust backend systems from concept to completion.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $188,000 to $323,950

Our Benefits:

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