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, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  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. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

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. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:

What you need to know about the role:
We are looking for a strong backend Senior Software Engineer to join us in shaping the future of pricing and building new capabilities within the Payment organization.

Meet our team:
The Pricing team is responsible for the systems that support fees and foreign exchange (FX) for PayPal’s payments system. Other systems that are developed and supported by the team provide an ability to set up experiments in price sensitivity as well as suggest optimal pricing strategies based on historical data. This team is responsible for the design, development, and support of Fee and FX calculations for all PayPal Products and Flows. Our solutions need to scale across millions of such transactions, working with petabyte-plus data, integrating with various other APIs in real-time, and yet providing high availability and configurable capabilities to the business. At PayPal, we develop massively scalable, distributed software systems that require high availability to our business. To achieve this we are always looking at advances in technology and science and tying those back to business needs. We are always looking for strong technologists who are passionate to solve large scale highly complex computer engineering problems, in a repeatable and maintainable way. You will build strong competencies in data structures and algorithms, along with a technical fascination for how everything ties together.

Job Description:

Your way to impact:

We are looking for a strong Java Engineer to join us in changing the future of payments who can write highly scalable and distributed Java services.

Code and implement real time, multi-tier distributed software applications, document and test systems, modify as appropriate.Work with other engineers, architects, managers, and Product Management, QA, and Operations teams to develop innovative processes and create solutions that meet business requirements.Be a technical engineer within your team and execute with excellence.Be a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional agile teamBuild new APIs to enhance the portfolio of PayPal’s one of the most popular service.Build performance sensitive systems that serve tens of millions of requests each day.Build and take operational responsibility of Java services that serve millions of usersCode robust testing scripts/systems to break our APIs and eventually fix themParticipate in release management and on-call duties, review recommendations for project or production issues and diagnostics

Your day-to-day:

Design, and implement real time, multi-tier distributed software applications, document and test systems, modify as appropriate.Lead projects with other engineers, architects, managers, and Product Management, QA, and Operations teams to design and develop innovative processes and create solutions that meet business requirements.Be a technical leader within your team and within PayPal in generalBe a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional agile teamBuild new APIs to enhance the portfolio of PayPal’s one of the most popular service.Build performance sensitive systems that serve tens of millions of requests each day.Build and take operational responsibility of Java services that serve millions of usersBe an active voice in architectural decisions for PayPal’s core payments systemBe a master of your own destin, Build robust testing scripts/systems to break our APIs and eventually fix themLead engineering efforts, plan implementations, and rollout system changes. Participate in release management and on-call duties, review recommendations for project or production issues and diagnostics

What do you need to bring:

You know how to write highly scalable and distributed Java servicesYou drive technical projects and take pride in building systems that are used by millions of users every day.You have experience in developing mid-tier services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA).You have worked on traditional and non-traditional SORs from Oracle to Couchbase and CassandraYou think Agile is the way to go for faster development until something better comes along.You have great communication skills.You think POC (proof of concept) is the faster way to prove a point.You are passionate about PayPal and its mission to “build the Web’s most convenient, secure, cost-effective payment solution.Strong Java/J2EE skills required 5+ years experience building software with object oriented or functional programming languages.Demonstrable programming abilities in Java and other languages like Python, XML, HTML.Understanding of algorithmic techniques, design patterns and best practices.Knowledge/experience with web services (REST / SOAP) and ORM (Hibernate)Knowledge/experience with Spring.Curiosity about how things work and the behaviour of finding the answers. Flexible and adapting the changing circumstances, tenacious.Knowledge/experience with Unix. Knowledge/experience with relational databases, NoSQL databases. Knowledge/experience with applying Big O Notation to algorithms.Knowledge/experience with GitHub. Knowledge/experience with Service Oriented Architectures.

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:

PayPal

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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, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. 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:

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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.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentaccommodations@paypal.com.  

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. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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