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 Summary:
Job Description:
PayPal Data Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PayPal, Inc., seeks Software Engineer in Austin, TX
Job Duties: Define, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software applications. Design, develop, and test high throughput back-end software systems. Develop object-oriented software and design, code, and test complex software features. Develop software code and help lead code review sessions. Analyze and address the pipeline of support requests from web engineers. Build and maintain sustainable, automated software processes and pipelines to support technical debt remediation for the web platform frameworks and fleet of software applications that use them. Analyze and address Interface with the web software platform engineering team to identify trends that should influence the backlog or roadmap. Interface with other platform software application teams to provide a seamless experience for web engineers in the support process. Build performance efficient, highly scalable, configurable, and available software applications and systems. Segment and design technical system layers to support componentized and layered software application development, including business logic functionality and database component repository access. Identify and fix performance, scalability, and other software live issues in a very time critical environment. Identify and make recommendations to reduce software project risks. Work with other engineers, managers, product management, quality analysts, and operations teams to develop innovative technical solutions that meet market needs with respect to functionality, performance, availability, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules, and adherence to software development goals and principles. Design and implement user interfaces using frontend frameworks to create engaging and intuitive web software applications. Integrate APIs (Application Programming Interface) into the frontend to fetch and manipulate data from servers. Optimize UI (User Interface) performance and ensure accessibility for users with different needs. Implement various responsive software design principles to ensure that web applications are optimized. Interact with backend software engineers to design APIs and ensure the productive flow between the frontend and backend. Monitor and support technical requests to provide ideal solutions to the technology use cases. Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance.
Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a closely related field plus one year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Special Skill Requirements:
1. Developing, testing, and maintaining software components and features of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Container Services (ECS).
2. On-call incident management, utilizing monitoring tools and logs, and collaborating with engineers to troubleshoot and resolve issues effectively.
3. Java for backend development and worked with TypeScript and Ruby for various software solutions.
4. Develop and maintain web applications using JavaScript, jQuery, and AngularJS, including the migration of web pages from jQuery to Angular frameworks (1 year).
5. Design and implement responsive web interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, ensuring adherence to UI guidelines across applications (1 year).
6. Develop complex SQL stored procedures, triggers, HIVE queries, and PL/SQL functions such as views and packages to optimize query performance (1 year).
7. Design and build data infrastructure for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes using SQL, AWS, and big data technologies (1 year).
8. Design and maintain distributed systems using Docker and microservices architecture for scalable deployments (1 year).
9. Java, applying OOP principles to develop robust software applications (1 year).
10. Implement unit, integration, and end-to-end testing using frameworks such as Mocha and Jest (1 year).
Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:
EOE, including disability/vets.
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, TX | Salary: $114,754.00-180,000.00 per annum. 40 hours per week; M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
Subsidiary:
PayPalTravel Percent:
0PayPal 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.
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. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].
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.
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.
Skills Required
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a closely related field
- At least one year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation
- Experience developing, testing, and maintaining software components using AWS Elastic Container Services
- Experience with on-call incident management, monitoring tools, logs, troubleshooting, and issue resolution
- Experience with Java for backend development and TypeScript and Ruby for software solutions
- At least one year of experience developing web applications with JavaScript, jQuery, and AngularJS, including jQuery-to-Angular migration
- At least one year of experience designing responsive web interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- At least one year of experience developing SQL stored procedures, triggers, Hive queries, and PL/SQL functions
- At least one year of experience designing data infrastructure and ETL processes using SQL, AWS, and big data technologies
- At least one year of experience designing and maintaining distributed systems using Docker and microservices architecture
- At least one year of experience applying object-oriented programming principles with Java
- Experience implementing unit, integration, and end-to-end testing with Mocha and Jest
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
PayPal Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about PayPal and has not been reviewed or approved by PayPal.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage starts on the date of hire with medical, dental, vision, wellness resources, and health-navigation support. Eligibility includes spouses/domestic partners and dependents up to age 26, indicating broad and robust coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible time-off frameworks and a market-leading sabbatical after five years provide substantial time-away options. Paid leaves span bonding/parental, disability, and localized programs, offering broad coverage across situations.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match and a year-end true-up strengthens long-term savings. Financial-wellbeing tools and related programs further support retirement planning.
PayPal Insights
What We Do
HELP US REIMAGINE MONEY. At PayPal, we believe that now is the time to democratize financial services so that moving and managing money is a right for all citizens, not just the affluent. We are driven by this purpose, and we uphold our cultural values of collaboration, innovation, wellness and inclusion as our guide for making decisions and conducting business every day. It is our duty and privilege to be customer champions and put those we serve at the center of everything we do. We are one team that respects and values diversity of thought for everyone, everywhere, and we actively seek to create an energizing workplace that brings out the best in all of us. If you’re ready to shape the future of money, join the team at PayPal. We're proud to work here. You will be too. PayPal is headquartered in San Jose, California and its international headquarters is located in Singapore.
