PayPal Sr Frontend Engineer - JavaScript 

United States, California, San Jose 

234646053

Job Description:As a Software Engineer at PayPal, you will participate in all phases of our software development lifecycle through implementation of technical designs, direct contributions to architectural decisions, influencing the technical direction of our client-side 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.Your day-to-day:
• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of features, projects, modules, and services that you deliver in all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and overall technical direction, advocating for best practices and innovative solutions.
• Optimize software performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks via monitoring, logging, and metrics to enhance the user experience.
• Act as a strong advocate for clean and scalable principles and practices in all areas, including coding, documentation, automation, etc.
• Be a champion of high-performing, secure, and reliable software services
• Identify critical non-functional requirements for the work your team prioritizes (Availability, Security, Performance, Scalability, and Observability), and implement them with your team.
• Actively contribute improvements to our automated test strategies to enable speedy and reliable continuous integration.
• Guide continuous improvements to our build and deploy processes.
• 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.
• Collaborate frequently with other developers and teams to design and implement cutting-edge reliable solutions
• Understand and apply our technical architecture to ensure consistent, reliable, and secure deployments.
• Advocate for ways to avoid and remediate technical debt continuously.What you need to bring:
• 5+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on JavaScript and related framework and a willingness to explore new technologies.
• Experience in building high-scale, high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• Experience in writing high-quality code, and automated tests to back up your code.
• Strong problem-solving skills, possessing the ability to work independently or collaboratively to analyze and address complex technical challenges.
• Experience with modern software development practices, version control systems, and agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail, as well as a passion for delivering high-quality software solutions.
• Ability to mentor and up-level team members.
• Proven track record of collaborating with teammates in non-technical roles, such as marketing, finance, and legal.

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

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

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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 $123,500 to $212,850

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