PayPal · 12 hours ago
Staff Database Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $236K/yr
5+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. The Database Reliability Engineer will maintain and improve the reliability of systems that millions of customers depend on daily, focusing on incident management and driving improvements in incident response capabilities.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Architect, configure, and manage scalable, highly available database clusters (MySQL, CloudSQL, BigTable, Oracle)
Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and Kubernetes
Develop CI/CD pipelines for schema and infrastructure automation with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI
Design and enforce secure data handling, encryption, and access control practices
Optimize database and Big Data systems for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
Build monitoring and observability systems with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Datadog
Drive SLIs/SLOs/SLAs for database reliability and uptime
Automate database and platform management with Python-based tooling
Lead on-call rotations and drive root cause analysis and incident resolution
Collaborate with DevOps, data engineering, and analytics teams to deliver resilient data solutions
Qualification
Required
5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
Expertise in MySQL tuning, replication, indexing, and partitioning
Proficiency in Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and distributed system design
Strong multi-cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Packer, and Kubernetes
Advanced programming in Python and Bash for automation and integration
Deep knowledge of observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK)
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and optimization skills
Commitment to security, compliance, and operational excellence
Benefits
Annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable)
Equity
Medical, dental, vision, and other 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
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