PayPal · 2 hours ago
Sr Software Engineer, Backend - Java
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$144K/yr - $213K/yr
5+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. As a Senior Software Engineer in the Payouts Payments Engineering team, you will design, build, and optimize scalable backend systems that power the global payouts experience.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles
Advises immediate management on project-level issues
Guides junior engineers
Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions
Anchor major team work-streams to build and improve large-scale systems, grow the scale of our platform, reduce complexity, increase automation and burn down technical debt
Build key components of our platform partnering with cross-functional teams
Design and develop highly scalable and available applications for mission-critical systems
Design, develop and maintain client-side and server-side software components including Web, REST APIs, GraphQL API, real-time systems and batch
Setup practices to ensure the highest levels of operational resiliency
Collaborate with leadership, peers and customers to effectively deliver solutions and projects
Serve as a mentor, technical leader, and thought leader within a talented team of engineers, challenging others and helping them grow
Track business impact of features on a regular basis, and rely on performance data to make informed decisions about possible changes or improvements
Contribute to a culture of learning and sharing technology insights across teams
Be part of live support rotation
Qualification
Required
3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
Strong experience with Java, including core concepts (OOP, data structure, algorithms)
Experience developing highly scalable clustered JEE systems
Proficiency in JEE Design Patterns, designing for enterprise-grade security, concurrency and effective session management
Experience working with large volume transaction processing
Familiar with popular Java frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, or Java EE
Experience in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Experience with SQL and databases (MySQL, Oracle)
Knowledge of IDEs (IntelliJ, Eclipse) and build tools (Maven, Gradle)
Proficiency with version control systems, particularly Git
Experience with testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito
5+ years of professional experience in Java EE development
5+ years of hands-on experience using SQL databases
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Preferred
Experience with UI test frameworks such as Selenium and Cypress can be advantageous
Experience with performance test framework such as Jmeter can be advantageous
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, using tools like Harness, Jenkins, Teamcity can be advantageous
Working knowledge with APM tools (Datadog, Splunk) for production issues debugging can be advantageous
Working knowledge with at least one messaging framework (e.g. Hazelcast, Apache Kafka) can be advantageous
Experience with Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for orchestration can be advantageous
Benefits
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life and disability insurance
Parental and family leave
401(k) savings plan
Paid time off
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
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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