PayPal · 4 months ago
Sr Staff Engineer - Android
San Jose, California, United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $292K/yr
12+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years, providing innovative payment solutions. They are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer - Android to provide technical leadership, make impactful technical decisions, and collaborate across teams to develop native Android applications.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Makes technical decisions affecting multiple teams, crossing organizational boundaries
Establishes conventions & processes to be followed by other employees
Actions determine the utilization of company resources (people, money, assets) and affect the effectiveness of the company
Handles multiple, multi-team initiatives simultaneously, using judgement to prioritize among more issues than can be handled individually
Understands evolving industry capabilities & practices and can judiciously apply up--to-date information for optimal results
Competent at communicating technical issues with non-technical audiences
Spreads their behavior, principles, and knowledge as a means of improving technical results of other employees (via many means – modeling behavior, 1:1s, working sessions, quality documentation)
Partners with product management, to ideate solutions to business problems & goals
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
8+ years of experience developing native Android applications in Java and Kotlin
Expertise in Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
Experience connecting Android applications to RESTful and GraphQL APIs
Experience with animation, and implementing user interface designs
Skilled at writing Unit and Automation tests
Knowledge of design patterns such as MVC and MVVM
Knowledge of multi-threaded, asynchronous code
Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to backend services
Experience with a version control system
Preferred
Experience with iOS development
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
Company
PayPal
PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.17BKey Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsBlueRun Ventures
2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $6.95B
2023-06-07Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2015-07-20IPO
Leadership Team
Simon Bladon
PayPal UK CEO
chaloem khompitoon
President & CEO
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