PayPal · 1 hour ago
Sr Software Engineer, iOS
San Jose, California, United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $213K/yr
8+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years, seeking to democratize financial services. The Sr Software Engineer, iOS will deliver complete solutions throughout the Software Development Lifecycle, guide junior engineers, and make technical decisions to enhance the Venmo product 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
Lead engineering efforts and team level processes by defining outcomes for others, refining ongoing processes, and providing technical advice to senior leaders on systems, solutions, challenges and strategy
Evangelist for technical standards, engineering best practices, and quality across larger Venmo team and PayPal, Inc. Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
Support end-to-end ownership of design, implementation and operational excellence of software components while proactively improving existing structures and processes
Contribute to the technical engineering roadmap by completing quality and thorough assessments of implementation alternatives and their associated tradeoffs and providing recommendations
Be consistently solutions-focused while contributing to the vision of domain and larger Venmo & PayPal technical engineering roadmap
Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities to identify optimal solutions to problems
Leverage strategic thinking and experience to look ahead and anticipate consequences and risks linked to implementation choices; able to identify patterns to reduce repetition into meaningful general solutions
A key voice on team-level processes (ex code & design reviews) and oversees projects, ensuring an accurate, complete, timely and operable solution is delivered
Serves as an expert to resolve technical inquiries of others
Be able to provide technical leadership for a team with limited guidance from management or senior teammates
Strong skills interacting and tailoring communication with various technical and non-technical stakeholders, such as product, support, finance operations, compliance and legal
Qualification
Required
3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
8+ years' experience in Mobile Development
Experience developing and maintaining consumer-facing mobile applications at scale
Strong Swift skills & knowledge of multi-threaded, asynchronous code
Deep understanding and knowledge around consuming GraphQL and REST APIs from Mobile applications
Passionate about mentoring and developing software engineers
Ability to understand and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences
Strong understanding of testing best practices and familiarity with at least one testing framework for Mobile Development
Skilled at writing Unit and Automation tests
Strong knowledge of common design patterns, algorithms, and object-oriented programming with expertise in design patterns such as MVC and MVVM
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
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (775)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.17BKey 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
Recent News
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