PayPal · 2 hours ago
Sr Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $292K/yr
12+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer, you will lead technical initiatives and drive excellence in Venmo's Cloud Engineering and DevOps group, ensuring scalability and reliability for cloud solutions.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Makes technical decisions affecting multiple teams, crossing organizational boundaries
Establishes conventions & processes to be followed by other employees
Actions determine the utilization of company resources (people, money, assets) and affect the effectiveness of the company
Handles multiple, multi-team initiatives simultaneously, using judgement to prioritize among more issues than can be handled individually
Understands evolving industry capabilities & practices and can judiciously apply up--to-date information for optimal results
Competent at communicating technical issues with non-technical audiences
Spreads their behavior, principles, and knowledge as a means of improving technical results of other employees (via many means – modeling behavior, 1:1s, working sessions, quality documentation)
Partners with product management, to ideate solutions to business problems & goals
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
10+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, software development or a related field
7+ years operating distributed applications at scale (24x7x365) within Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or SRE frameworks
3+ years of technical leadership experience, with a proven track record of leading teams through high-impact technical initiatives
Deep expertise with designing, implementing, optimizing, and supporting complex, large-scale infrastructure systems
Extensive, hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS offerings (AWS or similar cloud providers)
Advanced proficiency in programming/scripting languages like Python, Java, Bash, and Go
In-depth experience with containers (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes/EKS)
Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and elevate engineers' technical and operational capabilities
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to explain highly technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
Recognized as a thought leader, with contributions to engineering teams that shape culture, drive innovation, and deliver measurable results
Experience with synthetic testing and vulnerability scanning to ensure secure systems delivery
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
Medical, dental, vision, and other benefits
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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