PayPal is looking to solve the problem of democratizing financial services by designing, building, and scaling systems that power millions of secure global transactions every day.
Requirements
- 5+ years relevant experience
- Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience with Python (Django or Flask)
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience applying Agile/Scrum methodologies to software development
- Proven background in large-scale, high-performance system design and optimization
- Familiarity with the payments industry, financial systems, or relevant regulatory environments
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
- Lead the design and architecture of scalable, cloud-native backend systems leveraging microservices and serverless frameworks.
- Define and drive the technical roadmap, ensuring engineering initiatives align with strategic business goals.
- Architect and develop large-scale backend systems using Python (Django or Flask) with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Establish and uphold engineering standards, promoting code quality, design excellence, and operational rigor.
- Design and implement fault-tolerant, high-availability systems with strong disaster recovery capabilities.
Other
- 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must be able to work in a hybrid work model with 3 days in the office and 2 days at home
- Must be able to represent PayPal externally in interactions with partners, customers, and industry organizations
- Must be able to exercise sound judgment in balancing time, quality, complexity, and risk to deliver optimal solutions
- Must be able to collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Infrastructure, Operations) to deliver impactful business outcomes
