Staff Software Engineer - Platform & Infrastructure
Core
Design and implement scalable platform frameworks, developer tooling, and quality engineering solutions to power PayPal's AI/ML platform at scale.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Platform & Infrastructure)
Builds
Foundational infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and internal developer platforms for AITech.
Domain
Fintech / AI/ML Platform Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Quality engineering (test automation, CI/CD), Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), Observability (OpenTelemetry/Prometheus), API design, Microservices, Java/Python/Go
Preferred skills
Chaos engineering, MLOps tooling, Internal developer platforms (IDPs), DevEx initiatives, Financial sector compliance
Technologies
GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Datadog, Gremlin, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Azure
Responsibilities
Lead design and implementation of scalable platform frameworks; Coordinate activities of other engineers; Determine technical tasks for the team; Proactively improve engineering structures and processes; Collaborate with management to set engineering standards; Represent PayPal to external partners and customers.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence