Staff Software Engineer at PayPal

San Jose, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

12 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Java, Reactive Spring Boot, Algorithms, Data Structures, SQL, Databases, OOP, API Design, Microservices, Agile, Scrum, Web Services, Design Patterns, Code Quality, Continuous Integration, Technical Leadership

Industry

Software Development

Description

Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives Proactively improves existing structures & processes Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor Engage with multiple teams of highly talented engineers and architects to design and develop highly scalable, unique customizable solutions that meet the needs of our customers and stakeholders. Actively engage with leadership across Product, Architecture, Design and Engineering to design, propose, discuss and refine new features and functionality. Collaborate with other engineering teams, IT, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions that meet organizational needs. Communicate with stakeholders on technical standards, principles, methodologies and trends. Enhance overall system operational characteristics by establishing best practices for code quality, reduction in tech debt, building frameworks or shared techniques to improve engineering effectiveness. Identify opportunities for refactoring, API changes, solution designs and other types of tech debt remediation. Influence management for driving technical decision-making for the right selection of technology by giving forthright, understandable, and actionable advice. Drive decision-making with team members with different views for simple to complex problems with the business requirements to help synthesize the best solution. Engage with business team, highly analytical and have experience designing and implementing A/B tests, with approach like data-based experiments. You know exactly what and how to track business metrics and KPIs. 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience. You must have significant business knowledge and technical expertise in application design and architecture, as well as knowledge of related domains of technical architectures scaling Payments, innovative methods, etc. Must be a self- starter, work independently or as a team member, and have strong communication skills in interfacing with business partners and the Technology. Demonstrated technical leadership experience, or tech lead for high impact customer facing product development. You must have experience in modern technologies such as Java (min Java 8, functional programming paradigm is highly recommended), Reactive Spring boot, Algorithms, DSA, SQL, Databases Understands use cases for advanced design patterns (e.g., service-to-worker, MVC, API gateway, intercepting filter, dependency injection, lazy loading etc) to implement efficient code. Strong OOP skills, with ability to analyze requirements and transform into scalable software designs. Deep understanding of modern web applications design architecture, good API design patterns, performance, and scale. Deep understanding of webservices, Native apps such as iOS, Android and related working fundamentals. Experience with HTTP, REST API's and competent designing and building web services/microservices in a commercial setting. Experience with Design Patterns, MVC and frameworks (e.g. Spring). Competent in software engineering tools (e.g. Java build tools) and best practices (e.g. unit testing, functional testing/test automation, continuous integration, etc.). Serve as a strong advocate of code craftsmanship, good coding standards and use of tools that will improve the quality of the delivered code. Experience with using Agile/Scrum methodology for software development. Deep understanding of web services and SOA related standards like REST/OAuth/JSON and SOAP/WSDL. Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals.

Responsibilities

Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers. Collaborates with management and multiple teams to design and develop scalable solutions that meet customer needs.