PayPal
Staff Software Engineer - Backend Python
$176K–$262K
San Jose, California, United States of America · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or any equivalent combination of education and experience; also asks for 5 plus years’ experience with Python or an equivalent high-level programming language.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree, or any equivalent combination of education and experience; also lists a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads engineering work on Venmo’s payment backend, delivering reliable, scalable services and features across the software development lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Coordinate engineers and technical work, guide junior peers, and contribute to code and design reviews.
- Oversee project delivery, refine requirements with product managers, and improve engineering standards and processes.
- Own service performance and availability, including on-call rotations and incident support.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience with Python or an equivalent high-level programming language.
- Experience with distributed services and backend systems, including fault-tolerant and scalable systems.
- Advanced skills with RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching, and messaging or queuing systems.
- Experience managing infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Nice to have
- Experience building services on public cloud, preferably AWS; GCP and Azure are listed as alternatives.
Pay
USD $176,500.00 - $262,350.00 Annually (base pay)
Tools
Python, RDBMS, NoSQL, Redis, ElastiCache, Hazelcast, SQS, Kafka
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