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PayPal · 2 hours ago

Principal Architect-Customer Platform

positionSan Jose, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityLead/Staff
money$188K/yr - $324K/yr
date15+ years exp

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years, empowering consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets. The Principal Architect for the Customer Platform will lead the technical strategy and architecture, focusing on the development of resilient systems that enhance customer interactions and data management across global markets.

E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
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Responsibilities

Increases results & effectiveness of all software engineers in a large domain
Sets the technology roadmap for a domain
Adapts their role to the need, selecting the most effective means of realizing their technical goals
Provides advice and counsel to senior executives within PayPal, influencing the development of multi-year business strategies
Exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments and takes initiative to achieve results
Handles ambiguous and unfamiliar situations and uses creativity to deliver decisive resolutions
Uses discovery & exploratory research, not being limited to technical domains, to make successful decisions
Identifies themes & trends that span projects and teams, and finds broadly impactful opportunities for improvement
Uses professional savvy to determine when industry-standard solutions can be adopted, versus when a problem space warrants a novel solution (“build/buy”)
Mentor others as a means of propagating technical influence, and to enhance the performance of their organization

Qualification

Microservices architectureCloud-native technologiesDistributed systems designCustomer data managementIdentity servicesTechnical strategyMentoringCollaborationCreativity

Required

Minimum of 15 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Deep expertise in microservices architecture
Deep expertise in cloud-native technologies
Deep expertise in customer and relationship modeling
Deep expertise in distributed systems design patterns

Benefits

Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance

Company

PayPal

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PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.
dateFounded in 1998
location
San Jose, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.paypal.com/home

H1B Sponsorship

PayPal has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2023 (775)
2022 (921)
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2020 (1049)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$12.17B
Key Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsBlueRun Ventures
2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $6.95B
2023-06-07Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2015-07-20IPO

Leadership Team

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Simon Bladon
CEO, UK
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chaloem khompitoon
President & CEO
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