PayPal · 6 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $262K/yr
8+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer – Full‑Stack (Web) to guide the technical direction of Venmo’s web products, working across the stack to deliver features for consumers and merchants while coordinating with other engineers and management.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
Proactively improves existing structures & processes
Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations
Build, test, and ship web features for Pay with Venmo and Business Profiles using TypeScript, React, and Next.js
Design and maintain backend services (Node.js, Python, GraphQL) that power those experiences
Champion performance and accessibility; measure what matters and keep our pages fast for every user
Help modernize our stackmoving to server‑side rendering with React Server Components, rolling out edge caching, and tightening DevOps pipelines
Set clear engineering standards around testing, observability, and incident response
Pair with product, design, compliance, and data teams to turn fuzzy ideas into shipped features
Mentor other engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and thoughtful feedback
Explore ways AI can improve both the developer workflow (AI‑pairing, code generation) and the end‑user experience (personalized offers, smarter search)
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
8+ years building production web applications, with at least 2 years at senior or staff level
Deep knowledge of modern React (hooks, context, Suspense) and TypeScript
Experience designing or evolving backend APIs REST and GraphQL and the services behind them
A track record of raising the technical bar: introducing better architecture patterns, automated tests, and code-review culture
Familiarity with build and deploy tooling (Webpack/Vite, CI/CD, containerization, cloud services)
Comfort navigating ambiguity and explaining trade-offs in plain language to both technical and non-technical partners
An inclusive mindset you help teammates grow and make decisions that serve a diverse user base
Preferred
Payments, risk, or fintech domain experience
Prior work on design systems or component libraries
Exposure to edge computing or serverless architectures (Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda)
Contributions to open-source projects, conference talks, or technical writing
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
Annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable)
Equity
Medical, dental, vision, and other benefits
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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