PayPal · 11 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer Android SDK
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $292K/yr
5+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years, empowering consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets. As a Staff Software Engineer for the Android SDK, you will lead projects, coordinate engineering activities, and develop innovative mobile solutions that enhance user experiences on the PayPal platform.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
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
Qualification
Required
5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
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
Preferred
8+ years of experience in mobile app development
Strong leadership, communication, adaptability and solution-oriented mindset
Expert proficiency in Kotlin/Java (Android)
Strong object-oriented skills including design, coding and testing patterns
Experience with mobile performance optimization, testing and integrations
Strong leadership and communication skills
Prior experience in Ads tech, services, SDKs, platforms
Knowledge of security best practices for mobile apps
Experience in mobile integration, development and maintenance
Familiarity with continuous integration (Jenkins), application monitoring (DataDog), mocking tools, build tool development and enhancements, and using unit testing and cucumber tests for functional tests
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
Company
PayPal
PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.17BKey Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsBlueRun Ventures
2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $6.95B
2023-06-07Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2015-07-20IPO
Leadership Team
Simon Bladon
CEO, UK
chaloem khompitoon
President & CEO
Recent News
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