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PayPal · 20 hours ago

Sr Database Engineer

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$112K/yr - $192K/yr

3+ years exp

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years, empowering consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets. The Sr Database Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of Venmo’s data platforms, leading database transformations and collaborating closely with data, infrastructure, and product teams to support data-driven innovation.

E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage high-performance database clusters (BigTable, Oracle, MySQL, Cloud SQL)

Architect multi-cloud database solutions across AWS, GCP, and Azure

Build Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and Packer

Optimize databases through indexing, partitioning, tuning, and query improvements

Automate schema deployment and management using GitOps and CI/CD workflows

Lead incident response and implement self-healing and failover strategies

Develop observability and alerting systems using Grafana, Datadog, and Prometheus

Create Python-based automation and AI-driven optimization tools for database operations

Ensure database security, compliance, and documentation best practices

Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and ML teams to support analytics and platform goals

Qualification

MySQLTerraformAWSPythonCassandraDocumentDBDynamoDBRedisOpenSearchAnsiblePuppetSQLGCPAzureGrafanaDatadogPrometheusBashJavaScalaLinuxHadoopSparkKafkaBigQueryCI/CDDistributed systemsSystem reliabilityPerformance tuningAutomation

Required

3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience

Proficiency in BigTable, Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, BigQuery, and Kubernetes

Expertise with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and GitOps automation frameworks

Strong programming in Python and SQL; familiarity with Bash, Java, or Scala

Experience with AWS, GCP, and Azure environments

Linux system administration and distributed systems troubleshooting skills

Deep understanding of observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, ELK)

Strong focus on system reliability, performance tuning, and automation

Benefits

Annual performance bonus

Equity

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible work environment

Employee shares options

Health and life insurance

Company

PayPal

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PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.

Founded in 1998

San Jose, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.paypal.com/home

H1B Sponsorship

PayPal has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (1144)

2024 (917)

2023 (775)

2022 (921)

2021 (1051)

2020 (1049)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$12.17B

Key Investors

Kohlberg Kravis RobertsMadison Dearborn Partners,VertexClearstone Venture Partners,Goldman Sachs

2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $6.95B

2023-06-07Post Ipo Debt· $5B

2015-07-20IPO

Leadership Team

Alex Chriss

President & CEO

Simon Bladon

PayPal UK CEO

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