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From the employer's careers site First seen 1 Nov 2026

Software Engineer

PayPal San Jose, California Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$143,500 - $212,850 Annually

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Description

This job delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

You will advise management on project-level issues, guide junior engineers, operate with little supervision, and apply knowledge of technical best practices.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Deliver complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Advise immediate management on project-level issues
  • Guide junior engineers
  • Operate with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
  • Apply knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

  • Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures, knowledge of object-oriented design, Design Patterns, and multi-threaded programming
  • Strong OOP skills, with the ability to analyze requirements and transform them into scalable software designs
  • Experience with HTTP, REST APIs, and competent designing and building web services/microservices in a commercial setting
  • Competent in design/implementation for reliability, availability, scalability, and performance
  • Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and analytical skills
  • Hands-on Java Programming Expertise (Core Java, J2EE, Spring framework)
  • Hands-on Building Restful Services
  • Follow coding and design best practices
  • Experience working on SQL, NoSQL solutions with a clear understanding of pros and cons of both relational & free-form databases
  • Knowledge and a particular interest in issues related to large-scale distributed stream processing, real-time computation systems
  • Hands-on experience in leveraging AI/GenAI tools to improve software engineering productivity across coding, testing, debugging, and documentation

Benefits: At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. We offer comprehensive, choice-based programs to support all aspects of personal wellbeing,physical, emotional, and financial,delivering meaningful value where it matters most.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • AI
  • GenAI
  • Distributed Stream Processing
  • Real-time Computation Systems

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://paypal.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/jobs/job/San-Jose-California-United-States-of-America/Sr-Software-Engineer_R0138296-1

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