Senior Software Engineer

PayPal's Ads Tech team is building a next-generation advertising platform, combining advanced AI, large-scale systems engineering, and PayPal's unique merchant and transaction insights. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll help design and develop key parts of the platform, shape the technical roadmap, and build reliable systems capable of operating at significant scale.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop core components of PayPal's advertising platform.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and help turn complex requirements into scalable software designs.
• Build cloud-native backend systems with a strong focus on performance, resilience, and maintainability.
• Champion software craftsmanship, strong coding standards, and tools that improve code quality.
• Drive innovation and incremental improvements by taking initiative and challenging existing approaches.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to navigate ambiguity and deliver meaningful business outcomes.
• Help create fault-tolerant systems designed for high availability and disaster recovery.
• Share knowledge, support fellow engineers, and contribute to an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of software development experience, with a strong emphasis on functional programming.
• Proficiency in at least one functional programming language, ideally Scala and its Typelevel ecosystem.
• 5+ years of experience designing and architecting scalable backend systems, including cloud-native solutions, microservices, or serverless architectures.
• Experience with functional effect systems such as Cats Effect or ZIO.
• Expertise in building fault-tolerant, highly available systems and planning for disaster recovery.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience developing large-scale, high-performance systems.
• Experience working within Agile or Scrum software-development environments.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive, choice-based programs to support all aspects of personal wellbeing.
• Generous paid time off.
• Healthcare coverage for you and your family.
• Resources to create financial security and support your mental health.