PayPal
Staff Software Engineer - Python
$160K–$262K
San Jose, California, United States of America +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States of America
Austin, Texas, United States of America - Experience
- 5+ years relevant experience; alternatively, any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the architecture, development, and delivery of scalable Python backend systems supporting PayPal’s consumer payment experiences.
What you'll do
- Design and build cloud-native, fault-tolerant backend systems, and drive their technical roadmap.
- Coordinate engineering work, set technical direction and standards, and mentor engineers.
- Improve system reliability, security, performance, and engineering processes; collaborate with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience architecting and developing large-scale backend systems using Python and Django or Flask.
- Ability to lead engineering projects and set technical direction.
- Experience designing scalable, cloud-native systems with microservices or serverless frameworks.
Nice to have
- Experience with Agile/Scrum, large-scale system optimization, or payments and financial systems.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure; open-source contributions are also valued.
Pay
$176,500-$259,158 USD base salary; $160,500-$235,826 USD base salary; $176,500.00 - $262,350.00 USD base salary; $160,500.00 - $238,700.00 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Django, Flask, microservices, serverless frameworks, AWS, GCP, Azure
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