PayPal · 4 hours ago
Sr Staff Software Engineer - iOS
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $292K/yr
12+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years, empowering consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets. They are seeking a Senior Staff iOS Engineer to lead technical decisions and guide multiple feature teams in the Venmo iOS app, focusing on architecture, design, and mentoring other engineers.
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
Own the end‑to‑end design, performance, and reliability of Venmo Commerce on iOS
Write and review production Swift
Lead large‑scale refactors think UIKit ➜ SwiftUI, RxSwift ➜ Combine as we modernize our stack
Partner with server engineers to craft efficient GraphQL and REST contracts that keep the app fast and data‑savvy
Prototype new commerce ideas and AI‑powered features, run A/B tests, and turn successful spikes into polished experiences
Establish mobile engineering standards: testing pyramids, CI/CD, accessibility, observability, and on‑call best practices
Mentor senior and staff engineers through pairing, design reviews, and candid feedback
Tackle ambiguity head‑on, framing trade‑offs clearly and charting a path forward when the product brief is still a sketch
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
10+ years building and shipping consumer iOS apps, with at least 3 years at staff‑plus scope
Expert‑level Swift (and comfort reading Objective‑C) plus deep knowledge of UIKit, SwiftUI, CoreAnimation, and networking
Proven history of raising the technical barintroducing better architecture patterns, automated quality gates, and healthy code‑review culture
A portfolio of shipping complex features at scale: offline‑first flows, concurrency, real‑time updates, or high‑fidelity animations
Curiosity and hands‑on experience with AI/ML on deviceCoreML, on‑device inference, or integrating LLM‑powered APIs for personalization or developer productivity
Ability to explain complex trade‑offs in plain language and align cross‑functional partners around a technical vision
Comfort influencing without authorityrallying multiple teams to deliver cohesive, delightful user experiences
Preferred
Payments, risk, or fintech domain exposure
Experience optimizing App Store release pipelines and feature‑flag‑driven rollouts
Contributions to open‑source iOS libraries or conference speaking
Deep understanding of mobile accessibility and internationalization
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
CEO, UK
chaloem khompitoon
President & CEO
Recent News
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