PayPal Sr Software Engineer - Backend Java 

India, Tamil Nadu, Chennai 

413356857

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:

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Essential Responsibilities:

• Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
• Advises immediate management on project-level issues
• Guides junior engineers
• Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
• Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions

Expected Qualifications:

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

Job Description:

As abackend engineerfor PayPal Checkout, you will deliver complete solutions and features spanning all phases of our software development lifecycle. In this role, you willbe responsible forshaping the future of PayPal's customer facing checkout products. This will bethrough implementation of technical designs, direct contributions to architectural decisions, influencing the technical direction of our applicationsing of junior engineers. You willbe responsible fordeveloping industry-leading experiences that bring unquestionable value to both merchants and buyers.You will use your years of technicaland a solid understanding of the business domain to help us improve the scale, reliability, and performance of our platforms.

Your Day to Day:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of features, projects, modules, and services that you and your team deliver in all phases of the software development lifecycle.

• Java, J2EE,and other relevant technologies.

• Lead architectural discussions and contribute to the overall technical direction of the client-side applications, advocating for best practices and innovative solutions.

• optimizesoftware performance,identifyingand resolving bottlenecks via monitoring, logging, and metrics to enhance the user experience.

• Act as a strong advocate for clean, scalable, high-performing, secure, and reliable software services, in all areas, including coding, documentation, automation, etc.

• Identify and implement critical non-functional requirements (Availability, Security, Performance, Scalability, and Observability), and improve automated test strategies,buildand deploy processes to enable speedy and reliable continuous integration.

• Collaborate with other development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of client-side applications, automating and enhancing build, test, and deployment processes.

• Communicate effectively with all technical and non-technical partners and stakeholders (Architecture, Developer Experience, Product, Design, Analytics, Legal, Marketing, etc.) as well as within your team to ensure shared understanding around the new products and features under consideration.

• Conduct formal and informal code reviews, providing constructive feedback to team members to ensure code quality and adherence to clean and scalable coding principles.

• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and promoting a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment.

• up-to-datewith the latest industry standards, tools, and technologies related to client-side development, observability, and DevOps practices, and drive their adoption within the team.

• Participate in program planning, influencing the product andtechnologyroadmap and driving outcomes.

• years of professional experience in software development, with a strong emphasis ondevelopmentof large-scale and performant applications.

• in multiple server-side languages such asJava, C++, C#, Go, Python, Kotlin, or Ruby.

• Familiarity with relational and non-relational database technology such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Bigtable.

• Familiarity with AI tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor.

• A history building modern,resilientand operationallyefficientbackend systemsexemplifying industry standards (HTTP REST,GraphQL,Serverless, SOA,etc).

• Familiarity with observability tools and experience monitoring production systems and swiftly remedying any issues that occur.

• A strong belief that data is an essential tool to drive ideal solutions.

• Experience monitoring production systems and swiftly remedying any issues that occur.

• A desire to ship world class code daily.

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• Strong problem-solving skills,possessingthe ability to work independently or collaboratively to analyze and address complex technical challenges.

• Ability tomentorand up level team members.

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• Experience with modern software development practices, version control systems, and agile methodologies.

Travel Percent:

PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit.

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit.

to learn more about our culture and community.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at.

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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