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PayPal Senior Staff Software Engineer 
United States, Illinois 
219611737

01.05.2024

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to revolutionize commerce globally to make moving money, selling and shopping, personalized and secure.

What you need to know about the roleAs a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will own one of our critical domains, leading one or two major initiatives related to your domain. You will be part of the architect group that defines the future of the Company’s technical development.
You will be a hands-on contributor that teaches by example and mentors other engineers and product owners on how to improve their development, using our systems, by driving best practices. Our technical stack: AWS, EKS, Docker, GitHub Enterprise, Terraform, GitHub Actions, DataDog, Bash, Python, Go.

Your way to

  • anddevelopyour domain: Compute, Networking or Routing.

  • Lead major initiatives end-to-end: internal teams rarely have dedicated project managers - you will wear this hat too. You will define the design,identifystakeholders, navigate risks,obstaclesand changes, coordinate the work of your colleagues, implement, advertise and overall be the guarantor of the project delivery on time and on quality.

  • Strive to help fellow engineers to develop and deliver their code faster and in a secure way.

Your day-to-day

  • In your day-to-day role, you will be part of our on-call rotation.

  • Coach/mentor engineers on design principles and best practices.

  • Recognize,validateand evangelize emerging technologies and architectures that align with businessobjectives.

  • Lead by doing and meaningfully contributing to engineering teams’ production operations improvements.

  • Develop tools and automation to manage infrastructure and application configuration via codeand improve the operations quality, reliability, and stability of our systems.


What do you need to

  • and/ormaster'sin computer science or related field of study.

  • 10+ years' experience in software development or a related fieldand5+ years' experienceoperatingdistributed applications 24x7x365, as part of DevOps or SRE team.

  • 2+ years technical leadership experience.

  • Extensive hands-on experience with designing,implementingand supporting infrastructure to support global-scale services.

  • Deep hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS (or similar cloud provider).

  • Hands-on programming and scripting (Python, Java, Bash, Go),containers & container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes

  • Strong communicationskills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Pleasehesitate to apply.


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


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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. For more information, visit.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.

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