PayPal is looking to solve the problem of powering millions of transactions daily and driving the company's success by designing, developing, and optimizing the core systems that power its global payment platform.
Requirements
- Proficiency in Java and deep expertise in Java EE technologies (e.g., application servers, servlet containers, JMS, JPA, Spring MVC, Hibernate)
- Proven experience architecting and developing large-scale backend systems, microservices, and cloud-native solutions
- Strong leadership in defining and executing backend technology strategies and driving technical roadmaps that align with business goals
- Expertise in fault-tolerant, highly available architectures, including disaster recovery and performance optimization
- Experience designing and implementing secure backend systems, with advanced understanding of secure coding, encryption, and access control
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and delivering in iterative development environments
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
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
Other
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and influence engineering teams, fostering innovation, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable software designs
- Ability to work in a hybrid work model with 3 days in the office and 2 days at home
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion, with a focus on creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued
