Senior Software Engineer

Company: PayPal
Location: Austin
Posted on: January 23, 2025

Job Description:

The Company
PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.
We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk.
Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness.
Job Description Summary: As part of the Issuance and Tokenization engineering organization, the Software Engineer 3 (Senior Software Engineer) will be part of a team delivering high impact products for various segments. The focus area will be across various types of product issuing, lifecycle management and transaction processing capabilities. We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate candidate who will collaborate with cross functional teams across PayPal as required to learn, design, and build solutions to meet business requirements. The successful candidate will be hands-on and collaborative with a strong sense of ownership.
Responsibilities:

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• Writing code, writing and executing tests and reviewing designs.
  
• Monitoring our platform in production, and supporting the team as we deliver value for PayPal.
  
• Participate in architectural discussions that involve multiple systems.
  
• Help to identify any product/functionality gaps and collaborate with internal product and technology teams to define the necessary development to support solution delivery.
  
• Support integration efforts and critical work streams of strategic initiatives sponsored by senior executives.
  
• Proactive response in identifying and troubleshooting integration or technical issues.
  
• Demonstrate engineering excellence by creating reusable, production-ready frameworks.
  
• Be willing to challenge the status quo, and strive for excellence with a sense of ownership in everything you do.
  
  Required Skills:
  
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  • Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
    
  • 4+ years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and delivering software platforms.
    
  • Proficiency developing object-oriented software in Java 8 with deep knowledge of the Spring Framework, REST and JSON.
    
  • Good hands-on exposure to SQL and NoSQL technologies, good understanding of relational and free form databases, including strong data architecture and SQL development skills.
    
  • Adept at writing and executing automated unit, functional and integration tests and familiar with test frameworks and tools like testNG, JUnit, Mockito, and JaCoCo.
    
  • Understanding of authentication and authorization best-practices for distributed applications.
    
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
    
  • Experience with Git and Github version control, Apache Maven, Continuous Integration systems (Hudson/Jenkins) & Bug Tracking (Jira) tools.
    
  • Experience with design and development of scalable, high-volume web services and platforms.
    
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for debugging complex issues.
    
  • Proficiency with at least one scripting language (Perl, Python, UNIX Shell Script etc.).
    
  • Experience with using Agile/Scrum methodology for software development.
    
    Our Benefits:
    At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. That's why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
    We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit .
    Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
    PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
    
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