Staff Software Engineer

Job Summary This job acts as a project leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers, determining technical tasks, and improving existing structures and processes. It involves making technical decisions, collaborating with management to set standards, and representing the company to external partners. 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 Additional Responsibilities Contribute and help drive the strategic direction to one or more of our domains, leading initiatives in your area of expertise Act as a hands‑on contributor, while leading by example Mentor senior and junior engineers Enjoy a high degree of independence in decision‑making while being accountable for the results of yourself and your team Be part of a team dedicated to driving the scalability and reliability of Venmo’s AWS cloud infrastructure Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to application teams to build and strengthen their cloud competencies Lead major initiatives end‑to‑end: internal teams rarely have dedicated project managers Define the design, identify stakeholders, navigate risks and changes, coordinate colleagues’ work, implement solutions, and be accountable for timely and quality project delivery Continually raise the bar through assisting fellow engineers in developing and delivering code more efficiently and securely Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures Coach and mentor engineers on design principles and best practices Recognize, validate and evangelize emerging technologies and architectures that align with business objectives Strategically and tactically lead by example, making meaningful contributions to the improvement of engineering teams’ production operations Develop and improve tools and automation to manage infrastructure and application configuration as code Enhance the quality, reliability, and stability of our infrastructure and operations Qualifications 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience Bachelors and/or master's in computer science or related field of study 7+ years’ experience in software development or a related field 5+ years' experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365 as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team 2+ years technical leadership experience Extensive hands‑on experience with designing, implementing and supporting Deep hands‑on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS (or similar cloud provider) Hands‑on programming and scripting (Python, Java, Bash, Go) Hands‑on experience with containers & container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non‑technical audience Equal Employment Opportunity Statement PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr