PayPal
Staff Software Engineer, Database & Caching Infrastructure
$160K–$239K
Austin, Texas, United States of America · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years relevant experience; alternatively, any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
About the job
Leads engineering work on database and caching infrastructure, guiding architecture, integrations, reliability, and engineering standards across systems.
What you'll do
- Lead architectural discussions, document decisions, and coordinate engineers and critical strategic work streams.
- Build reusable production-ready frameworks; improve CI/CD and automation, resolve production issues, and reduce technical debt.
- Identify product and functionality gaps and partner with product and technology teams to deliver solutions.
What they ask for
- 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree, or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in at least one backend language (Java, Go, or Python), with experience building scalable, reliable RESTful services.
- Experience with databases and caching, cloud platforms, messaging systems, Kubernetes, observability, or large-scale migrations.
Pay
Austin, Texas: $160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, Go, Python, Spring, GCP, AWS, Azure, Redis
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