Staff Senior Software Engineer- Backend

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. 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.

Job Description Summary:

The ideal candidate is a self-starter and self-motivated individual with strong passion and experience in software development lifecycles for Financial systems.

Meet our team

PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows people to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing.

China Technology team is looking for strong technologists to join the team in Shanghai.

Job Description:

Your way to impact-

The candidate should have the technical expertise to lead software and architecture discussions and guide cross-functional product and engineering teams through functional definition, solution, and integration stages on large scale. The candidate should possess deep understanding of financial services and associated platforms and technology.

Your day to day –

1. Lead design/solution discussions with local and global stakeholders
2. Mentor and coach junior engineers, own code quality, conduct code reviews
3. Own implementation of a module/application/product
4. Participate in complex architectural discussions that involve multiple systems
5. Identify any product/functionality gaps and collaborate internal product and technology teams to define the necessary development to support solution delivery.
6. Drive integration efforts and lead critical work streams of strategic initiatives sponsored by senior executives
7. Drive engineering excellency through CI/CD/automation
8. Pro-active response in identifying and troubleshooting integration or technical issues.
9. Drive engineering excellency by creating reusable, production-ready code
10. Collaborate with cross functional engineering teams globally to drive and align on solution design/implementation

What do you need to bring-

1. Minimum of 8+ years of experience
2. Owned/acting as tech lead for component/services/domains
3. Expert knowledge in Java, Spring framework, REST, gRPC
4. Experienced with asynchronous patterns and messaging frameworks (e.g. Kafka)
5. Familiarity with other languages and technologies development, including Node, Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL Databases.
6. Experience in various architecture design patterns, design and implementation of Financial Systems/Platforms such as Core Banking, Back-end Payment Hubs, Financial reconciliation and reporting
7. Expertise in designing for reliability, availability, scalability and performance in highly regulated Financial Services industry preferred.
8. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
9. Ability to create structure and drive progress in an ambiguous environment
10. Superb communication skills; ability to comfortably interact with tech and non-tech colleagues
11. Demonstrated ability to scope, create and successfully deploy new strategy/ initiatives / capabilities
12. Experience to interact with engineering teams from multiple geo-locations
13. Fluent communicate in English
14. Experience with front-end frameworks a plus
15. Experience in Node.js development using Express.js, Koa.js or other frameworks a plus

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary: PayPal

Travel Percent: 0

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace.

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 https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

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. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Belonging at PayPal:

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging.

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.

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