PayPal · 1 day ago
Staff Data Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $262K/yr
8+ years expPayPal is a global leader in commerce, revolutionizing how consumers and businesses transact. As a Staff Data Engineer, you will provide technical leadership to your team, guiding the development of applications and services that power the digital wallets ecosystem, while fostering collaboration and innovation.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement
Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of features, projects, modules, and services that you and your team deliver in all phases of the software development lifecycle
Lead your team’s design and implementation of end-to-end solutions towards new payment experiences using various technologies
Lead architectural discussions and contribute to overall technical direction, advocating for best practices and innovative solutions
Optimize software performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks via monitoring, logging, and metrics to enhance the user experience
Act as a strong advocate for clean and scalable principles and practices in all areas, including coding, documentation, automation, etc
Be a champion of high-performing, secure, and reliable software services
Identify critical non-functional requirements for the work your team prioritizes (Availability, Security, Performance, Scalability, and Observability), and implement them with your team
Actively contribute improvements to our automated test strategies to enable speedy and reliable continuous integration
Guide continuous improvements to our build and deploy processes
Collaborate with other development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of client-side applications, automating and enhancing build, test, and deployment processes
Collaborate and communicate effectively with all technical and non-technical partners and stakeholders (Architecture, Developer Experience, Product, Design, Analytics, Legal, Marketing, etc.)
Communicate frequently with your team to ensure a shared understanding of the new products and features under consideration
Conduct formal and informal code reviews, providing constructive feedback to team members to ensure code quality and adherence to clean and scalable coding principles
Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and promoting a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment
Stay up-to-date with the latest industry standards, tools, and technologies related to Data Infrastructure development, and DevOps practices, and drive their adoption within the team
Collaborate frequently with other developers and teams to design and implement cutting-edge reliable solutions
Understand and apply our technical architecture to ensure consistent, reliable, and secure deployments
Enhance and maintain existing product capabilities as required
Bring fresh ideas for continuously improving our software and your team
Advocate for ways to avoid and remediate technical debt continuously
Participate in program planning, influencing the product and technology roadmap and driving outcomes
Qualification
Required
8+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on backend development in TypeScript and Java
Experience with modern data warehousing technologies (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Apache Iceberg) and has informed perspectives on their advantages, limitations, and how they fit into evolving data architectures
High proficiency and strong skills in Cloud Technologies, object-oriented, and functional programming, and familiarity with AWS Lambda, Dynamo DB, and hands-on Typescript experience
Experience in building high-scale, high-throughput, low-latency systems
Strong problem-solving skills, possessing the ability to work independently or collaboratively to analyze and address complex technical challenges
Experience with modern software development practices, version control systems, and agile methodologies
Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
Strong attention to detail, as well as a passion for delivering high-quality software solutions
Ability to mentor and up-level team members
Proven track record of collaborating with teammates in non-technical roles, such as marketing, finance, and legal
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
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CEO, UK
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President & CEO
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