PayPal
Sr Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure and Devops
$130K–$194K
Austin, Texas, United States of America · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in software development or a related field; 3+ years operating distributed applications 24x7x365 in a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team. Minimum qualifications also state 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in computer science or related field of study; minimum qualifications allow an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship through PayPal is not available for this position now or any time in the future.
About the job
Build and operate Venmo’s cloud and DevOps infrastructure, improving the scalability, reliability, security, and automation of production and development systems.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, test, deliver, and operate infrastructure solutions; develop tools and automation for infrastructure and application configuration as code.
- Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, document and fix problems, and implement preventive measures to improve production operations.
- Coordinate project delivery and mentor junior engineers while contributing to infrastructure and operational improvements.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in computer science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years’ experience in software development or a related field.
- 3+ years’ experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365 as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team.
- Hands-on programming and scripting experience; experience with cloud infrastructure and containers and container orchestration.
Nice to have
- Extensive infrastructure experience supporting global-scale services; AWS experience preferred.
- Strong communication skills, including explaining technical issues to non-technical audiences.
Pay
USD 130,500.00 - USD 193,600.00 annually (base pay; Austin, Texas)
Tools
AWS, EKS, Docker, GitHub Enterprise, Terraform, GitHub Actions, DataDog, Bash
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