PayPal

Sr Software Engineer - Backend (Java)

$124K–$184K

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026

Experience: Minimum qualifications state 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree, or any equivalent combination of education and experience. The role-specific qualifications ask for 5+ years of professional software engineering experience and 5+ years in Java.
Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; minimum qualifications also allow any equivalent combination of education and experience.

About the job

Build and operate scalable backend services and APIs that support PayPal’s credit products and their expansion across markets.

Design, build, test, and operate backend services across the software development lifecycle; improve scalability, performance, reliability, and observability.
Partner with product, risk, compliance, and engineering teams to develop reusable systems that meet business and regulatory needs.
Contribute to technical direction through design reviews, mentoring, and shared engineering standards.

5+ years of professional software engineering experience and 5+ years in Java.
Experience building RESTful APIs with Spring Boot or similar frameworks, designing microservices, and operating high-concurrency production systems.
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, SQL optimization, and database fundamentals.
Hands-on experience with event-driven systems and asynchronous programming patterns.

Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS.
Background in payments, credit, or financial services; large-scale distributed systems experience.

USD 123,500.00 - 183,700.00 annually (base salary)

Java, RESTful APIs, Spring Boot, Kafka, Pulsar, Oracle, MySQL, DynamoDB

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