PayPal Staff Software Engineer Backend Python United States, Texas, Austin 778502513
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Essential Responsibilities:
Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
Proactively improves existing structures & processes
Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations
Expected Qualifications:
Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Additional Qualifications
Lead thedesign and architectureof scalable, cloud-native backendsystemsleveraging microservices and serverless frameworks.
Define and drive the technical roadmap, ensuring engineering initiatives align with strategic business goals.
Act as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers and setting clear technical direction.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship, fostering a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
Architect and develop large-scale backend systems using Python (Django or Flask) with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
Establish and uphold engineering standards, promoting code quality, design excellence, and operational rigor.
Design and implement fault-tolerant, high-availability systemswith strong disaster recovery capabilities.
Apply advanced security practices, including secure coding, encryption, and access control, to ensure compliance and data protection.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams(Product, Infrastructure, Operations) to deliver impactful business outcomes.
Continuously improve existing technical frameworks, development processes, and system performance.
Exercise sound judgment in balancing time, quality, complexity, and riskto deliveroptimalsolutions.
Represent PayPal externally
Preferred Qualifications
Experience applyingAgile/Scrum methodologiesto software development.
Proven background in large-scale, high-performance system design and optimization.
Familiarity with the payments industry, financial systems, or relevant regulatory environments.
Hands-on experience with cloud platformssuch as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Demonstrated contributions to open-source projectsor developer communities.
The total compensation for this position 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 U.S. national annual pay range for this role is $to $
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