PayPal
Sr. Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure and Devops
$124K–$213K
San Jose, California, United States of America +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States of America
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Austin, Texas, United States of America - Experience
- 5+ years’ experience in software development or a related field; the posting also lists 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree, or any equivalent combination of education and experience, and a minimum qualification of 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination.
- Education
- Bachelor's in computer science or related field of study; also states a Bachelor’s degree or any 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
Designs, builds, and operates Venmo’s AWS cloud networking, routing, CDN, ingress, and edge security systems, while mentoring engineers and supporting their operation.
What you'll do
- Build and operate AWS network and routing infrastructure, CDN, ingress, service mesh, and reverse-proxy services.
- Troubleshoot network incidents, improve infrastructure-as-code, and participate in on-call support.
- Partner across engineering, SRE, and security teams; mentor engineers and document designs and operational practices.
What they ask for
- 3+ years’ hands-on cloud networking experience, such as AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, or load balancers.
- Experience with CDN/edge delivery and WAF or other edge security tools.
- Experience with ingress or service mesh technologies and reverse proxies/load balancers, such as Envoy, Contour, or nginx.
- Networking fundamentals plus hands-on programming/scripting and container experience; strong communication skills.
Pay
San Jose, California: USD $143,500.00 - $212,850.00 annually (base pay); Austin, Texas: USD $130,500.00 - $193,600.00 annually (base pay); Scottsdale, Arizona: USD $123,500.00 - $183,700.00 annually (base pay)
Tools
AWS, AWS CloudFront, CDN, WAF, Envoy, Contour, NGINX, Terraform
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