PayPal · 16 hours ago
Sr Software Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$124K/yr - $213K/yr
3+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years, creating innovative experiences that empower consumers and businesses. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to strengthen their risk prevention and mitigation systems, focusing on fraud detection and risk management while collaborating closely with various teams to develop features for their complex risk environment.
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
Design, development, and testing of features/functions delivered via applications and services
Collaborating with peers and seniors both within their team and across the organization
Working with product managers using agile methodologies to deliver high quality solutions on time
Collaborate frequently with other developers to design and implement the required solutions
Work with product and design teams to develop new ideas and explore new opportunities
Working with operations teams to ensure your applications and services are highly available and reliable
Participate in formal and informal code reviews to ensure code quality
Be a champion of high-performance, secure, and reliable software services
Collaborate and communicate effectively with all non-technical stakeholders (Product, Design, Analytics, etc.)
Actively contribute to our automated test suite to enable speedy and reliable continuous integration
Qualification
Required
3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
Preferred
Proficient in back-end development using Java technologies
Experience with REST API's and competent designing and building web services/microservices
Proficiency in Spring framework (Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Batch)
Solid understanding of concepts like Web Services, SOA, REST APIs, Message Queue, Distributed/Scalable Architecture
Deep understanding of and extensive experience applying software design patterns, data structures, algorithms, advanced object-oriented design, development principles and good analytical and problem-solving skills
Be driven to get results and not let anything get in your way
Be proactive and anticipate/handle most issues before they escalate
Exhibit a strong backbone and challenge the status quo when needed
Demonstrate a high level of curiosity and keep abreast of the latest technologies
Bring fresh ideas for how to continuously improve our software and your team
Advocate for ways to remediate technical debt on an ongoing basis
Advocate & promote clean and scalable coding principles
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
PayPal UK CEO
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President & CEO
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