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Staff Software Engineer - BE Python

San Jose, California, United States of AmericaFull-time$161k–$262k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Acts as a project leader coordinating engineering activities, determining technical tasks, and improving structures and processes for PayPal's global payment network.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Builds

Proprietary payment solutions, authorization, settlement, and risk management systems for merchants and consumers.

Domain

Fintech / Payments

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Project leadership, technical decision making, process improvement, system architecture, cross-functional collaboration, external partner representation

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Coordinate activities of other engineers, determine technical tasks for the team, reconcile competing priorities to identify optimal solutions, improve existing structures and processes, collaborate with management to set engineering standards, represent the company to external partners

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with leadership