PayPal is looking to hire an experienced Technical Lead to drive their L7 Routing team, which is responsible for critical ingress and egress routing capabilities that form the backbone of their infrastructure. The role requires someone who can architect scalable solutions and guide a team of engineers to ensure system performance, reliability, and scalability.
Requirements
- Advanced proficiency in Golang with deep understanding of concurrent programming, performance optimization, and best practices
- Proven ability to design and implement scalable, resilient backend systems following industry standards (HTTP, REST, microservices architecture)
- Strong expertise with web and reverse proxies (Nginx, Apache, HAProxy) and advanced L7 routing concepts for traffic management, load balancing, and service mesh architectures
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including cluster management, service discovery, and network policies
- Practical experience with AWS or Google Cloud Platform, including networking services, load balancers, and traffic management solutions
- Proficiency with continuous integration/deployment pipelines and infrastructure automation tools
- Experience implementing comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using tools like Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of L7 routing solutions, making critical architectural decisions that impact system performance, reliability, and scalability
- Act as project leader, coordinating engineering activities, defining technical tasks, and establishing development priorities aligned with business objectives
- Drive continuous improvement of existing systems, development processes, and operational procedures
- Provide technical guidance and career development support to team members, fostering a culture of learning and growth
- Troubleshoot complex production systems, incident response, and implementing reliability improvements
- Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using tools like Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk
- Design and implement scalable, resilient backend systems following industry standards (HTTP, REST, microservices architecture)
Other
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of hands-on backend development experience with proven progression in technical leadership roles
- Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and managing complex technical projects
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Self-directed with ability to work autonomously while knowing when to seek input and collaboration
