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About the Role

The Venmo Data Platforms team is responsible for engineering and operating Venmo's internal and customer-facing production data stores. As a Staff Database Engineer, you will partner closely with engineering leadership to prioritize initiatives that align service operations with business goals. You will be a hands-on technical leader who leads by example, mentoring engineers and product owners to improve service availability, reliability, and scalability through best practices. You will design, implement, automate, and operate next-generation, cloud-native database systems, driving operational excellence through automation and AI-driven optimization.

Responsibilities

Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system.
Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow.
Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives.
Proactively improves existing structures & processes.
Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems.
Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions.
Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor.
Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations.

Requirements

5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Infrastructure as code (AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet).
Expertise with programming and scripting (Lambda, API GW, Python, Java, Bash).
Expertise with database design for relational and non-relational data stores.
Expertise with database operations: AWS DynamoDB, AWS DocumentDB, Cassandra, MySQL, AWS Aurora, Redis, Elasticsearch.
Experience mentoring and developing leads and engineers.
Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience.
AWS Solutions Architect preferred.

Skills

AWS CLI
AWS CloudFormation
Terraform
Ansible
Puppet
Lambda
API GW
Python
Java
Bash
Database design
AWS DynamoDB
AWS DocumentDB
Cassandra
MySQL
AWS Aurora
Redis
Elasticsearch
Communication skills

Location

San Jose, California
Austin, Texas

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

5+ years relevant experience
Staff level

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree

Salary/Compensations

San Jose, California: ($176,500.00 - $262,350.00 Annually)
Austin, Texas: ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)

Benefits

Generous paid time off
Healthcare coverage for you and your family
Resources to create financial security
Support your mental health

About 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.
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.
PayPal is on a mission to revolutionize commerce globally. We’re driving our company, industry, and society forward with vision and velocity. With our commitment to excellence, innovation, and talent, the possibilities are limitless.

Equal Opportunity

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.