Sr Staff Software Engineer

Venmo Software EngineerEngineering is a craft, and at Venmo we want the internals of our software to be as elegant as the end user experience we are designing. We spend our days scaling our payment backend services and building new features to meet and exceed our user's needs and wants. We teach and learn from one another and push each other to be at our creative and analytical best. We work to push our technology forward with respect to functionality, performance, reliability and scalability.Essential Responsibilities:Makes technical decisions affecting multiple teams, crossing organizational boundariesEstablishes conventions & processes to be followed by other employeesActions determine the utilization of company resources (people, money, assets) and affect the effectiveness of the companyHandles 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 resultsCompetent at communicating technical issues with non-technical audiencesSpreads 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 & goalsMinimum Qualifications:8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications :· Bachelor's and/or Masters in computer science, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience· 8+years' experience with Python or equivalent high-level programming language· Advanced skills with RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching solutions (e.g. Redis, ElastiCache, Hazelcast) and messaging/queuing protocols/systems such as SQS/Kafka/RabbitMQ/Pulsar· Ability to lead projects and mentor all levels of engineering staff, along with managing relationships with Product, Engineering Operations and non-technical business and support teams· Expert with distributed services and backend systems· Expertise with building services on public cloud – preferably AWS or GCP, Azure· Experience in managing infrastructure as code using Terraform· Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems.Subsidiary: PayPalTravel Percent: 0The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:Primary Location | Pay Range:San Jose, California | ($196,500.00 - $291,500.00 Annually)Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:Austin, Texas | ($178,500.00 - $265,100.00 Annually)Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. 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