PayPal Staff Software Engineer - JavaScript FullStack 

France, Occitania, Toulouse 

210645090

What you need to know about the role:As a member of the Checkout Engineering team, you will be responsible for the
forefront of building global-scale JavaScript applications and is a pioneer in the
engaging and innovative payment experiences.

Job Description:

As a fullstack engineer for PayPal Checkout, you will provide technical leadership for your development team and you will lead the team’s participation in all phases of our software development lifecycle. In this role, you will be responsible for shaping the future of PayPal's customer facing checkout products. This will be accomplished through technical leadership, implementation of technical designs, direct contributions to architectural decisions, influencing the technical direction of our web applications and mentoring of junior engineers. You will be responsible for developing industry-leading experiences that bring unquestionable value to both merchants and buyers. You will use your years of technical expertise and a solid understanding of the business domain to help us improve the scale, reliability, and performance of our platforms.

• 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.
• Lead your team’s design and implementation of end-to-end solutions towards
client-side applications using JavaScript, Node.js, React, GraphQL, 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.
• Own and optimize software performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks via monitoring, logging, and metrics to enhance the user experience.
• Own and be accountable for clean, scalable, high-performing, secure, and reliable software services, in all areas, including coding, documentation, automation, etc.
• Own, Identify, and implement critical non-functional requirements (Availability,
Security, Performance, Scalability, and Observability), and improve automated test strategies, build and 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.
• Stay up-to-date with 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 and technology roadmap and driving outcomes.

• 6+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong
emphasis on development of large-scale and performant Web applications.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, Node.js, React / NextJS, GraphQL, or similar
frameworks and libraries.
• Solid understanding of the possibilities and limitations of the modern web across all device types and form factors.
• Experience in building responsive, accessible, and mobile-friendly user interfaces.
• Strong attention to detail, as well as a passion for delivering high-quality software solutions and compelling customer experiences.
• Strong problem-solving skills, possessing the ability to work independently or
collaboratively to analyze and address complex technical challenges.
• Ability to mentor and up level team members.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams and those in non-technical roles, such as marketing, finance, and legal.
• Experience with modern software development practices, version control systems, and agile methodologies.
• Awareness of security standards, prevention, and mitigation mechanisms
specifically pertaining to web applications.

Additional Job Description:

Base Salary: $130,000-200,000 per annum. 40 hours per week; M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Our Benefits:

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