PayPal · 16 hours ago
Sr Software Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$144K/yr - $213K/yr
3+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years, empowering consumers and businesses to thrive in the global economy. The Sr Software Engineer role involves delivering complete solutions across all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), advising management, guiding junior engineers, and applying technical best practices with minimal supervision.
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, build, test, release, monitor and provide live support for complex multi-tiered software technical features based on user requirements
Work with scrum teams and product managers using agile methodologies to deliver high quality software solutions in a timely manner
Collaborate effectively with peer application teams and architecture team to solve complex technical problems spanning their respective areas
Write detailed technical documentation to provide detailed technical requirements to the software developers and quality analysts
Provide technical expertise to the cross-functional team in resolving technical software issues
Work constantly on improvising the existing functionalities of the software systems and solutions
Qualification
Required
3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
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, build, test, release, monitor and provide live support for complex multi-tiered software technical features based on user requirements
Work with scrum teams and product managers using agile methodologies to deliver high quality software solutions in a timely manner
Collaborate effectively with peer application teams and architecture team to solve complex technical problems spanning their respective areas
Write detailed technical documentation to provide detailed technical requirements to the software developers and quality analysts
Provide technical expertise to the cross-functional team in resolving technical software issues
Work constantly on improvising the existing functionalities of the software systems and solutions
Backend Engineering JAVA, Springboot, Spring Webflux
Frontend development: NodeJs, JavaScript and TypeScript, React.js, Cypress, Playwright
Software Architecture - Experience with cloud-native architectures, microservices, distributed systems, and CI/CD pipelines, design patterns, and best practices
Python programming
Machine Learning / Natural Language Processing
Experience with open-source frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, LangFlow
Familiarity with prompt engineering, chaining, memory, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), MCP and observability in LLM-based applications
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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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1144)
2024 (917)
2023 (775)
2022 (921)
2021 (1051)
2020 (1049)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.17BKey Investors
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.Madison 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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