PayPal Staff Database Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

406776536

Job Summary

Essential Responsibilities:

• Architect, configure, and manage scalable, highly available database clusters (MySQL, CloudSQL, BigTable, Oracle).
• ImplementInfrastructure-as-Codeusing Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and Kubernetes.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines for schema and infrastructure automation with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI.
• Design and enforce secure data handling, encryption, and access control practices.
• Optimize database and Big Data systems for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Build monitoring and observability systems with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Datadog.
• Drive SLIs/SLOs/SLAs for database reliability and uptime.
• Automate database and platform management with Python-based tooling.
• Lead on-call rotations and drive root cause analysis and incident resolution.
• Collaborate with DevOps, data engineering, and analytics teams to deliver resilient data solutions.

Expected Qualifications:

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Expertise in MySQL tuning, replication, indexing, and partitioning.
• Proficiency in Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and distributed system design.
• Strong multi-cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Packer, and Kubernetes.
• Advanced programming in Python and Bash for automation and integration.
• Deep knowledge of observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and optimization skills.
• Commitment to security, compliance, and operational excellence.

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 $137,500 to $236,500

Our Benefits:

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