PayPal
Software Engineer
$100K–$173K
San Jose, California, United States of America +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States of America
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America - Experience
- 1+ years relevant experience; alternatively, any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
About the job
Build and operate in-house systems that improve the efficiency, reliability, and cost of PayPal’s large-scale production Kubernetes environment.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and operate platform components, automation, and production code.
- Use machine learning, data analysis, and AI to improve cluster performance and efficiency.
- Analyze system behavior, support operational ownership, and drive root-cause analysis and long-term fixes.
What they ask for
- 1+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience with cloud platforms, especially Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience managing or operating large-scale clusters or production infrastructure.
- Experience building automation for production systems.
Nice to have
- Experience applying machine learning or statistical methods to operational or infrastructure problems.
- Familiarity with observability tooling (metrics, tracing, logging).
Pay
USD $116,500.00 - $173,250.00 annually (base pay; San Jose, California); USD $100,500.00 - $149,600.00 annually (base pay; Scottsdale, Arizona)
Tools
Kubernetes, Go, Java, Python, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
AI focus
Apply machine learning, data analysis, and AI techniques to improve cluster operations and efficiency.
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