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About the Role

This role is a technical leader for the API Management platform, responsible for coordinating engineers, setting technical direction, improving structures and processes, and making key design decisions for internal and external teams building on PayPal's APIs. You will serve as a senior engineer and subject matter expert, owning the design, implementation, and operational health of core APIM components, and contributing to the technical roadmap.

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
Own the design, implementation, and operational health of core APIM components, including governance, lifecycle, security, and observability capabilities.
Contribute to the technical roadmap by assessing implementation alternatives, trade-offs, and recommendations.
Mentor engineers at all levels and advise senior leaders on platform systems, challenges, and strategy.
Own availability and performance of the platform and participate in on-call and incident response.

Requirements

5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
8+ years of experience with Java, Python, or an equivalent high-level programming language.
Deep experience designing and operating APIs at scale: REST, gRPC, API gateways, rate limiting, authentication and authorization (OAuth2/OIDC), versioning, and deprecation, validation framework.
Experience with API management products or gateway platforms.
Advanced skills with RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching solutions such as Redis, and messaging/queueing systems such as Kafka or SQS.
Expertise building fault-tolerant, scalable distributed services on public cloud, preferably GCP or AWS.
Experience managing infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Experience with observability, SLOs, and developer-facing platform products.
Ability to lead projects and influence across Product, Security, Engineering Operations, and partner engineering teams.

Skills

API Management
REST
gRPC
API gateways
Rate limiting
Authentication
Authorization (OAuth2/OIDC)
Versioning
Deprecation
Validation framework
RDBMS
NoSQL
Redis
Kafka
SQS
Public cloud (GCP or AWS)
Terraform
Observability
SLOs
Developer-facing platform products
Java
Python

Location

Austin, Texas

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
5+ years relevant experience
8+ years of experience with Java, Python, or an equivalent high-level programming language.

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent experience.

Salary/Compensations

Austin, Texas: ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)

Benefits

Comprehensive, choice-based programs to support physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
Flexible, balanced work culture
Holistic approach to 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.
Empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
Operates a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers.
Helps merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person.
Offers proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.
Offers 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.
Enables consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources.
Offers merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts.
Helps merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk.
Enables 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.
Core values: Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness.
Strives to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging.
Proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve.
Continues to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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.
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 paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.