Job Description

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.


Summary: What you need to know about the role: PayPal Core Payment team is looking for talented, creative, and passionate engineers to help design and build instrument payment processing platform. Engineers should be able to develop quality code to build software based on the requirement. They should have resiliency to provide analysis and solution for any kind of issue happened in production environment. Also they should be able to maintain and improve components in their domain. Meet our team: PayPal is a global leader in online payments, providing innovative solutions to consumers and businesses worldwide. With a mission to democratize financial services, PayPal enables people to access financial services, helping them manage and move their money online securely and conveniently. The Core Payments team at PayPal is at the heart of these services, responsible for building and maintaining the core infrastructure that powers secure and seamless payment transactions. Switch components are sitting at the edge of the payment system in Paypal and responsible to communicate with partners for any successful transaction. You will be part of the switch platform team. You will manage and improve availability, latency, maintainability of a pool of switch connectors. You will be engaged in adding new functionality and supporting existing functionalities for switch connectors. You will be responsible to maintain healthy connections with partners via certificate renewal and taking other security measures.


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Your way to impact:


As a Senior Software Engineer on the PayPal Core Payments team, you will play a crucial role in developing, enhancing, and maintaining the core payment systems that enable secure and reliable financial transactions for millions of users worldwide. You will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies, solve complex engineering challenges, and contribute to the growth and success of PayPal's core payments platform.



You will be responsible to implement new functionalities and support existing ones by using technologies as per industry standard. You will follow security best practices to maintain connectivity with partners. You will work towards improving availability, latency and maintainability of the components.



Your day to day:


Your primary responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement robust, scalable, and high-performance payment solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in languages such as Java or other relevant technologies.
• Integrate new payment methods, gateways, and technologies into the existing payment infrastructure.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues related to payments, ensuring system reliability and stability.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement performance improvements to enhance the speed and efficiency of payment processing.
• Implement and adhere to security best practices to ensure the safety of payment transactions and customer data.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, ensuring that code, configurations, and processes are well-documented.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, QA engineers, and other software engineers to deliver high-quality solution.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to propose and implement innovative solutions that improve the payment ecosystem.
What do you need to bring -


Good in Java: language features, Object Oriented and modular programming, Design Patterns, profiling/tuning, garbage collection.

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience in object-oriented programming and concepts
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge in Distributed System development using Java/J2EE.
• Good understanding of web services and related standards like REST/JSON
• Experience developing data-driven applications using an industry standard RDBMS like Oracle.
• Hit the ground running on Day 1; take ownership of your

work and can work independently.
• Comfortable using application server frameworks, for example Tomcat.
• Should be able to write Unit tests and Functional Tests.

Our Benefits:



At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset--you. That's why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.



We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com





Who We Are:



To learn more about our culture and community visit https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/default.aspx





PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.


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. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.



As part of PayPal's commitment to employees' health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.