Software Engineer - Python

Job Summary

At Pay Pal, Staff Software Engineers are hands‑on technical leaders who design, build, and scale the systems that power millions of secure global transactions every day. As a Backend Python Engineer, you will architect and deliver high‑performance, fault‑tolerant backend solutions that directly impact customer experiences and business success.

• 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 and 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 or improve standards for engineering rigor.
• Trusted to represent Pay Pal, Inc. to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations.

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Lead the design and architecture of scalable, cloud‑native backend systems leveraging microservices and serverless frameworks.
• Define and drive the technical roadmap, ensuring engineering initiatives align with strategic business goals.
• Act as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers and setting clear technical direction.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, fostering a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Architect and develop large‑scale backend systems using Python (Django or Flask) with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Establish and uphold engineering standards, promoting code quality, design excellence, and operational rigor.
• Design and implement fault‑tolerant, high‑availability systems with strong disaster recovery capabilities.
• Apply advanced security practices, including secure coding, encryption, and access control, to ensure compliance and data protection.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (Product, Infrastructure, Operations) to deliver impactful business outcomes.
• Continuously improve existing technical frameworks, development processes, and system performance.
• Exercise sound judgment in balancing time, quality, complexity, and risk to deliver optimal solutions.
• Represent Pay Pal externally in interactions with partners, customers, and industry organizations to promote technical excellence.

• Experience applying Agile/Scrum methodologies to software development.
• Proven background in large‑scale, high‑performance system design and optimization.
• Familiarity with the payments industry, financial systems, or relevant regulatory environments.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Demonstrated contributions to open‑source projects or developer communities.

The Consumer Engineering team powers the experiences that millions of Pay Pal customers use every day to send, spend, and manage their money safely and effortlessly. We design and build reliable, high‑performance systems that drive trust and simplicity across Pay Pal’s global ecosystem. Our team partners closely with product, design, and data science to deliver innovative, customer‑first solutions that advance Pay Pal’s mission to make financial services more accessible, inclusive, and empowering for people everywhere.

Pay Pal 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, Pay Pal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.