PayPal
Staff Software Engineer
$160K–$262K
Austin, Texas, United States of America +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States of America
San Jose, California, United States of America - Experience
- The posting lists 5+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience; it also asks for 8+ years’ experience with Python or an equivalent high-level programming language.
- Education
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s in computer science or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads engineering for Venmo’s payments platform, designing and operating secure, reliable, scalable backend services while guiding a team and shaping technical direction.
What you'll do
- Lead engineering efforts, coordinate and mentor engineers, and advise leaders on systems, solutions, and strategy.
- Own design, implementation, performance, availability, and operational excellence of software components and services.
- Assess implementation alternatives and trade-offs, recommend technical roadmaps, and improve engineering processes and standards.
What they ask for
- 8+ years’ experience with Python or an equivalent high-level programming language.
- Advanced skills with RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching, and messaging or queuing systems.
- Expertise in distributed services and backend systems, including fault-tolerant and scalable systems.
- Experience with public cloud services and infrastructure as code using Terraform; ability to lead projects and mentor engineers.
Nice to have
- Public cloud experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Pay
($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually) USD base salary; ($176,500.00 - $262,350.00 Annually) USD base salary
Tools
Python, RDBMS, NoSQL, Redis, ElastiCache, Hazelcast, SQS, Kafka
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