Staff Software Engineer, Database & Caching Infrastructure

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:
• Additional Responsibilities
• Lead complex architectural discussions that span multiple systems, and author and present architecture decision records (ADRs).
• Identify product and functionality gaps, and collaborate with internal product and technology teams to define the development needed to deliver solutions.
• Drive integration efforts and lead critical work streams of strategic initiatives sponsored by senior executives.
• Drive engineering excellence by creating reusable, production-ready frameworks, and challenge the status quo when needed.
• Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD and automation.
• Proactively identify and troubleshoot integration and technical issues, and lead root cause analysis for production incidents.
• Reduce technical debt, with a clear plan to remove it from the system.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Java, Go, or Python).
• Experience with backend development experience, including designing and implementing scalable, reliable RESTful services. Experience with Spring or similar frameworks is a plus.
• Proven ability to mentor junior engineers and to contribute to code reviews and design discussions.
• Experience with at least one cloud platform (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Advanced skills with relational and NoSQL data stores, including database design and data modeling, and familiarity with ORM tools.
• Experience with caching solutions (for example, Redis, Aerospike, or Hazelcast) and messaging or queuing systems (for example, Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ, or SQS).
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes.
• Experience building and operating low-latency, high-throughput systems, with strong observability practices.
• Experience leading large-scale system or data migrations.
• Subsidiary:
• PayPal
• Travel Percent:
• 0
• The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:
• Primary Location | Pay Range:
• Austin, Texas: ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)
• Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:
• No other locations are assigned to this requisition currently. Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
• PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us.
• 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 comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.
• No other locations are assigned to this requisition currently.
• Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.

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