Senior Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Venmo

Venmo

Software Engineering
San Jose, CA, USA
Posted on Dec 13, 2024

Job Description

Job Family

Software Development

Time Type

Full time

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and development of Venmo's Identity and Auth backend platform. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and leading the delivery of the next generation of Venmo's Identity platform, ensuring high performance, scalability, and availability for this critical part of the Venmo experience.

Job Description:

Your way to impact:

In this role, you will have full ownership of the Venmo Identity backend platform, playing a pivotal role in integrating Venmo's identity SOR, AuthN, and AuthZ stance across the Venmo ecosystem. If you’re passionate about backend engineering, enjoy working in a collaborative, agile environment, and are motivated by solving complex technical challenges, this is an opportunity to have a significant impact.

Your day to day:

  • Help to design, implement, and maintain platform-level solutions used by other engineering teams and the larger organization

  • Design, build, and operate APIs with a focus on performance and reliability

  • Architect, design, write, review, and test code in a collaborative environment with other software engineers

  • Build modern, resilient, and operationally sane backend systems exemplifying industry standards (HTTP REST, OAuth 2, GraphQL, etc.)

  • Plan for, build, evolve, and scrutinize monitoring and alerting for your production systems

  • Deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain your systems in production and staging environments

What do you need to bring:

  • Proven subject matter expert in AuthN and AuthZ

  • A DevOps mentality - you design it, you build it, you run it!

  • 10+ years of experience in distributed systems, microservices architectures, and backend software development.

  • A full understanding and application of the SDLC.

  • A passion for maturing into full Continuous Deployment - every merge goes to prod

  • Experience designing, delivering, and operating complex cloud computing solutions, end-to-end (AWS, preferred.)

  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Git.

  • Ability to architect performant and scalable SQL and NoSQL data stores

  • Experience delivering at enterprise scale load with a focus on high availability and performance

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:

Venmo

Travel Percent:

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PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is

$107300 to $259600

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

Belonging at PayPal:

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.

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