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Your Impact: As a Senior Staff Software Engineer in our payments engineering team, you will play a pivotal role in designing and building scalable, secure, and highly available systems that support real-time transaction processing, digital wallet integrations, and global money movement. You will be the technical go-to person for architecture, design, and deep system-level troubleshooting across our payment platform.

Your Day-to-Day: Lead major initiatives to design, develop, and optimize large-scale distributed systems for wallet-based payments and cross-border transactions. Architect and build core platform components using TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS-native services with a strong focus on performance, observability, and fault tolerance. Design APIs (REST & GraphQL) and real-time processing workflows that integrate with internal and external wallet providers. Drive best practices in cloud-native architecture leveraging AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, Kinesis, Step Functions, and EventBridge. Mentor and pair-program with engineers to raise the bar for code quality, operational excellence, and system design. Collaborate closely with product, compliance, and partner integration teams to deliver seamless and reliable payment experiences. Implement observability, monitoring, and alerting to ensure end-to-end reliability and proactive incident response. Participate in on-call rotations and support production systems with a focus on minimizing downtime and user impact. Continuously evaluate and improve system performance using metrics and real-world transaction data.

What You Bring: 14+ years of experience in software engineering with a proven track record in financial systems, payments, or digital wallets. Deep hands-on experience building resilient backend services and transaction processing pipelines on AWS Cloud. Desired proficiency in TypeScript and strong command of Java and at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Shell). Experience with event-driven architectures, messaging systems (Kafka, SQS/SNS), and distributed data processing. Strong SQL and data modeling skills with experience in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift, or similar databases. Proficient in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and/or CloudFormation. Demonstrated success building and scaling mission-critical APIs, real-time services, and batch workflows. Prior experience in payments, FX handling, ledger systems, or settlement workflows is a strong plus. Passion for clean code, robust testing, and secure design practices. Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and partner-facing teams. A mindset focused on customer impact, agility, and continuous improvement. Subsidiary: PayPal Travel Percent: 0 - PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience. The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit . The US national annual pay range for this role is $152,500 to $262,350 PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit . For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations. 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 . Who We Are: to learn more about our culture and community. Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 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 . Belonging at PayPal: Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal. Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please . We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.