Director, Software Engineering at PayPal

San Jose, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, Product Strategy, Operational Strategy, Engineering Best Practices, Architectural Integrity, Scalability, Reliability, Performance, Security, Collaboration, Communication, Innovation, Financial Services, Team Building, Metrics

Industry

Software Development

Description

Directs and controls the delivery of business and technical outcomes that comprise multiple projects and operational activities within a domain through organizational and technical leadership Defines engineering health objectives that drive organization health, engineering best practices and operational targets Drives product and technical strategy with cross-functional leaders across the enterprise to deliver Domain goals Responsible for the delivery of programs, establishing annual organizational goals and ensuring performance and results that impact both their domain and potentially enterprise Develops engineering strategy that translates into operational and tactical plans; uses ground-breaking methods to think beyond existing solutions Sets the tri-annual roadmap for a domain level organization. Defines the operational strategy for a domain based on a defined budget Evaluates key business challenges and can complete complex, ambiguous initiatives having impact across engineering; directs the development of new or innovative solutions. Ability to deal with high levels of technical domain level ambiguity. Collaborates with direct team, managers in org, stakeholders, managers in other orgs, external partners and business stakeholders ### Define and own the engineering strategy and roadmap for P2P and related financial services (e.g. balance, funds-in, wallet). ### Foster a culture of experimentation, innovation, high performance, and quality. ### Technical Excellence & Architecture ### Ensure architectural integrity, scalability, reliability, performance, and security of P2P systems. ### Drive adoption of best practices in engineering, code quality, automation, metrics, and observability. ### Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Risk/Compliance, Operations, and Business stakeholders to align engineering efforts with customer and business outcomes. ### Serve as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, effectively communicating complex concepts. 10+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience. You will create and drive the technology strategy, architecture and organizational design in partnership with your product and design counterparts. An ideal engineering leader has experience building financial products at scale, building organizations and operational rigor to support those products and defaults to creating self-sustaining, mission-based teams that can run themselves. 10+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience. 2 years of experience leading others

Responsibilities

The Director of Software Engineering directs the delivery of business and technical outcomes across multiple projects and operational activities. They define the engineering strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and fostering a culture of innovation and high performance.