PayPal · 1 day ago
Staff Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $262K/yr
10+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years, creating innovative experiences for consumers and businesses. The Staff Software Engineer will lead major domain initiatives in Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps, ensuring seamless operation of user-facing services and managing Venmo's infrastructure with a focus on automation, security, and compliance.
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
Contribute and help drive the strategic direction to one or more of our domains, leading initiatives in your area of expertise
Act as a hands-on contributor writing and reviewing code, while leading by example
Mentor senior and junior engineers
Enjoy a high degree of independence in decision-making while being accountable for results of yourself and your team
Be part of a team dedicated to driving the scalability and reliability of Venmo’s AWS cloud infrastructure
Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to application teams to build and strengthen their cloud competencies
Lead major initiatives end-to-end: internal teams rarely have dedicated project managers You will define the design, identify stakeholders, navigate risks and changes, coordinate colleagues' work, implement solutions, and be accountable for timely and quality project delivery
Continually raise the bar through assisting fellow engineers in developing and delivering their code more efficiently and securely
Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures
Coach and mentor engineers on design principles and best practices
Recognize, validate, and evangelize emerging technologies and architectures that align with business objectives
Strategically and tactically leading by example, making meaningful contributions to the improvement of engineering teams’ production operations
Develop and improve tools and automation to manage infrastructure and application configuration as code
Enhance the quality, reliability, and stability of our infrastructure and operations
Qualification
Required
5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
Bachelors and/or master's in computer science or related field of study
10+ years' experience in software development or a related field
5+ years' experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365, as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team
2+ years technical leadership experience
Extensive hands-on experience with designing, implementing and supporting infrastructure (AWS experience preferred) to support global-scale services
Deep hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS (or similar cloud provider)
Hands-on programming and scripting (Python, TypeScript, Bash, Go)
Hands-on experience with containers & container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
Preferred
AWS, EKS, Landing Zone, GitHub Actions, AWS CDK(TypeScript), Terraform, Datadog, Bash, Python, Go
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
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
CEO, UK
chaloem khompitoon
President & CEO
Recent News
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