PayPal is looking for a Principal Engineer to serve as the technical architect for its Developer Experience (DevEx) organization, aiming to define and enhance the next generation of developer experience through AI/LLM documentation, agentic interfaces, API architecture, and no-code tooling, ultimately shaping how developers discover, integrate with, and build on PayPal's platform.
Requirements
- Proven ability to architect and deliver scalable developer platforms and tools in a large-scale enterprise.
- Deep experience in API design, developer portal architectures, SDK lifecycle management, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of LLMs, AI-assisted developer experiences, and agentic workflow design.
- Familiarity with no-code/low-code platforms, plug-in frameworks, and developer onboarding patterns.
- Knowledge of GraphQL, RESTful APIs, webhooks, SDK generation, and OpenAPI/AsyncAPI specs.
- Experience with open-source developer platforms, standards, or contribution to API ecosystems.
- Hands-on experience with integrating AI/ML into product features—especially those that serve developers.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the technical architecture for PayPal’s Developer Experience platforms, APIs, SDKs, and tools.
- Set architectural standards and best practices for developer-facing systems with a focus on scalability, performance, and usability.
- Lead the design of intelligent developer workflows powered by LLMs and agentic AI systems.
- Shape the long-term technology roadmap for AI-enabled documentation, contextual onboarding, and smart sandboxing.
- Evaluate and drive adoption of modern developer tooling, frameworks, and low-code/no-code platforms.
- Innovate in how developers interact with PayPal—through embedded assistants, automated guides, and adaptive interfaces.
- Partner with engineering, product, infrastructure, security, and design teams to drive large-scale technical initiatives.
Other
- Sets the technology roadmap for a domain
- Adapts their role to the need, selecting the most effective means of realizing their technical goals
- Provides advice and counsel to senior executives within PayPal, influencing the development of multi-year business strategies
- Exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments and takes initiative to achieve results
- Exceptional technical communication, design thinking, and cross-functional influence.
