At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

Job Description Summary: What you need to know about the role: As part of the Issuance and Tokenization engineering organization, the Staff Software Engineer will be part of a team delivering high impact products for various segments. The focus area will be across various types of product issuing, lifecycle management and transaction processing capabilities. We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate candidate who will collaborate with cross functional teams across PayPal as required to learn, design, and build solutions to meet business requirements. The successful candidate will be hands-on and collaborative with a strong sense of ownership. They will have a strong customer focus and drive to create quality products which enable our customers to be successful.

Job Description:

Your way to impact:

• Own implementation of a module/application/product
• Participate in complex architectural discussions that involve multiple systems
• Identify any product/functionality gaps and collaborate internal product and technology teams to define the necessary development to support solution delivery.
• Drive integration efforts and lead critical work streams of strategic initiatives sponsored by senior executives
• Drive engineering excellency
• Pro-active response in identifying and troubleshooting integration or technical issues
• Drive engineering excellency by creating reusable, production-ready frameworks
• Challenge the status quo when needed.
• Ownership and strive for excellence in your role

Your day to day:

• Design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software applications, document and test systems, modify as appropriate.
• Lead projects with other engineers, architects, managers, and Product Management, QA, and Operations teams to design and develop innovative processes and create solutions that meet business requirements.
• Provide technical and project leadership and mentoring.
• Be a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional agile team
• Design for reliability, availability, scalability and performance in highly regulated Financial Services industry preferred.
• Create structure and drive progress in an ambiguous environment
• Demonstrated ability to scope, create and successfully deploy new strategy/ initiatives / capabilities

What do you need to bring-

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years’ experience building software or web applications with object oriented or functional programming languages.
• Expert knowledge in Java, J2EE, REST
• Familiarity with other languages and technologies development, including Spark, NoSQL Databases,
• Experience in various architecture design patterns, design and implementation of Financial Systems/Platforms.
• Strong applied experience. You’ve built, broken, and rebuilt software applications. We’re looking for creative thinkers who also know how to create real-world products.
• Competent in software engineering tools (e.g. Java build tools) and best practices (e.g. unit testing, test automation, continuous integration, etc.).

**We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:

To learn more about our culture and community visit https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/default.aspx

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

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 paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.