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.
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Your way to impact
Business acumen, full stack technical depth, design excellence, and a collaborative mindset are key to success in this role. You will work across cross-functional groups — product, architecture, UX, and engineering — to deliver elegant, scalable solutions across both backend and frontend layers. You willbe responsible fordeveloping efficient, clean, and reusable code, mentoring engineers, and owning the end-to-end delivery of quality solutions that power PayPal’s external developer ecosystem.
Your day to day
Partner with product, design, and business teams to deeply understand project requirements, external developer needs, and technical constraints.
Design and implement full stack solutions from robust Java backend services and REST APIs to Node.js middleware and frontend components for developer-facing integration systems.
Collaborate with software architects to define high-level technical architectures that span backend, API, and frontend layers.
Take full ownership of solutions from design through deployment and ongoing maintenance, ensuring end-to-end quality across the software development lifecycle.
Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code across the stack, applying strong object-oriented and modern JavaScript design principles.
Create and review well-articulated, detailed design documents for complex systems and integration patterns.
Conduct thorough code reviews and mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adherence to coding standards.
Troubleshoot and debug complex, large-scale technical issues across backend and frontend layers to ensure smooth performance and minimal downtime.
Identifygaps in integration capabilities and collaborate with internal product and technology teams to define and implement solutions.
Actively drive agile processes including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and execution, delivering features on time with high quality.
Stay current with industry trends to drive innovation, particularly in developer experience, API design, full stack frameworks, and integration patterns.
What do you need to bring-
6+ years of software engineering experience with a proventrack recordin large-scale, high-performance full stack systems.
Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Deepexpertisein Java, Spring, and Hibernate, with strong knowledge of REST APIs, Web Services, and build tools.
Hands-on experience with Node.js for building backend services, middleware, or developer tooling.
Basic to intermediate understanding of frontend technologies including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue).
Solid experience with relational databases such as MySQL or Oracle.
Rich object-oriented design and analysis skills, with proven ability to apply these in real-world development scenarios.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong ownership mindset with a bias toward action, delivering results in dynamic, fast-changing environments.
Ability to quickly learn and navigate complex systems, with a solution-oriented mindset.