PayPal Sr Staff Software Engineer France, Occitania, Toulouse 884950909
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Essential Responsibilities:
- Makes technical decisions affecting multiple teams, crossing organizational boundaries
- Establishes conventions & processes to be followed by other employees
- Actions determine the utilization of company resources (people, money, assets) and affect the effectiveness of the company
- Handles multiple, multi-team initiatives simultaneously, using judgement to prioritize among more issues than can be handled individually.
- Understands evolving industry capabilities & practices and can judiciously apply up--to-date information for optimal results
- Competent at communicating technical issues with non-technical audiences
- Spreads their behavior, principles, and knowledge as a means of improving technical results of other employees (via many means – modeling behavior, 1:1s, working sessions, quality documentation)
- Partners with product management, to ideate solutions to business problems & goals
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Cloudand DevOps
. Staff EngineerCloud Engineeringand DevOps at Venmo
Job Description:
mainly onCloud Engineering, elements of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps principles are integral to our scope. As aSr. Staff Software Engineer, you will set the strategic direction and lead our most technical initiatives. You will drive technical excellence across the team and act as the top-level mentor for all engineers within Venmo's Cloudand DevOps group.
You will be expected not just to lead initiatives but also to shape Venmo's next-generation infrastructure whilehands-on technical involvement. You will work closely with product and engineering leadership to define and execute strategies that ensure scalability, long-term reliability, and unparalleled efficiency for our cloud solutions. You will be part of Venmo’s technical architect group, responsible for charting and delivering major advancements in our systems design and application development practices.
Our technical stack:AWS, EKS, Docker, GitHub Enterprise, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Datadog, Bash, Python, Go
Key Responsibilities:
Contribute, refine, and drive the strategic direction of multiple technical domains, leading the highest-impact initiatives critical to Venmo's infrastructure roadmap.
Act as the key visionary and hands-on contributor to ensure the team's delivery and scalability goals align with engineering excellence standards.
Teach by examplementoring senior and junior engineersand act as a technical authority for critical decisions across our systems.
Enable cross-team collaboration to achieve seamless delivery of cloud-native applications powered by AWS services, Kubernetes (EKS), and container-based solutions.
expert-level guidance onoptimizinginfrastructure for high growth and robust reliability while also handling cost efficiency.
Evangelize and implementCloud EngineeringDevOps practices, ensuring CI/CD pipelines, microservice testing frameworks, and secret management systemsoperatesecurely and efficiently.
IaC), enabling automation, secure releases, and vulnerability prevention.
Partner with engineering and product teams, supporting strategic delivery plans while implementing scalable and sustainable solutions.
Drive efforts to recognize and adopt emerging technologies and architectures that unlock technical potential and align with Venmo’s long-termobjectives
Do:
Collaborate with leadership and peers to define exciting, high-impact engineering initiatives that align with Venmo’s vision and roadmap.
Define designs and strategies,identifystakeholders, mitigate risks, communicate changes, and implement solutions at scale.
Troubleshoot complex incidents, uncoverpatternsand root causes, and design preventive tools and processes.
Coach engineers across multiple teams, instilling principles of scalable system design, optimization, and continuous improvement.
Develop tools, frameworks, and automation that push Venmo's infrastructure to set benchmarks for speed, efficiency, and reliability.
Conduct reviews and audits to ensure quality systems delivery whilemaintaininga culture of continuous feedback and accountability.
Lead efforts to integrate modern cloudtechnologiesacceleratingVenmo's position as an industry leader in payments infrastructure.
Looking For:
12+ yearsof hands-on experience inCloud Engineering, DevOps,software development ora related field.
yearsoperatingdistributed applications at scale (24x7x365) within Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or SRE frameworks.
4+ yearsof technical leadership experience, with a proventrack record
expertisewithdesigning, implementing,optimizing, and supporting complex, large-scale infrastructure systems.
Extensive, hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS offerings (AWS or similar cloud providers).
proficiencyinprogramming/scriptinglanguages like Python, Java, Bash, and Go.
In-depth experience with containers (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes/EKS).
Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and elevate engineers' technical and operational capabilities.
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to explain highly technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Recognized as a thought leader, with contributions to engineering teams that shape culture, drive innovation, and deliver measurable results.
Experience with synthetic testing and vulnerability scanning to ensure securesystems
in balancing technical excellence with businessobjectivesto deliver tangible results.
A mindset focused on driving reliability, scalability, and optimization across both new and existing systems.
A passion for mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of learning, sharing, and innovation.
A track record
By joining Venmo as aSr. Staff Software Engineer,play an instrumental role in shaping the future of payments infrastructure. Every day,advance our
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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 $169,500 to $291,500Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please
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