Engineer – Backend (Java)

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:
What you need to know about the role:
This role is critical to understand, explore & expand the offerings of Activities platform powering the post purchase experiences within PayPal digital wallet. It requires thinking solutions which may span across components, platforms and external integrations. This role will require to build synergy with multiple PayPal internal teams, Partner, Merchant & Customer experiences, as well as PayPal external open banking solutions.

Meet our team:
At PayPal, its key to provide trust, transparency and clarity to our Merchants, Consumers & Partners about their every engagement with PayPal's products and services. You'll part of the "Financial Activities Platform Team" that enables our customers to manage their personal finances by providing a framework to track, locate and act on their payments & financial obligations. The charter for this team is to maximise the number of merchants and customers that remain actively engaged with PayPal following the creation of new payment or promise of payments via PayPal. We work round the clock to enhance, speed up and scale our services to enable customer retention and help our customers achieve their post purchase operations effectively. The initiatives under our portfolio are considered as Tier-1 and have a direct, measurable contribution to the post purchase experiences, refunds, customer call volumes, email communications globally leading up to trust and safety represented by the company. You will be working with a co-located end-to-end product ownership team from design to delivery and peers who have the drive to ideate, experiment & learn with a fail-fast approach.
Job Description:
Your way to impact:
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with experience in designing and implementingplatforms for large scale financial services institutions.

The ideal candidate must demonstrate strong technology knowledge coupled with effectivecommunications skills to lead with influence and become a trusted advisor to ourtechnicalteams. You have the technical expertise to lead software solutions and architecture discussionsalong withguidingcross-functional product and engineering teams throughout the design, testing, and
production delivery cycle.

Business acumen, hands-on technology skills, positive work ethic, customer centric approach and acollaborative mind set are key to the success of this role.

Your day to day:

1. Communication, Influence and Leadership:
•Lead and align teams to functional and unit mission.
•Guide and lead cross-functional teams with platform design principles.
•Adaptive communications and approaches to influence others to drive alignment and adoption of new ideas & concepts.

2. Problem Solving:
•Analyze complex scenarios, anticipate potential problems and future trends.
•Assess threats, risks while balancing opportunities and impacts.
•Research and design products and solutions.

3. Impact on the Business:
•Socialize and advocate for new ideas and drive changes & adoption across Developer and Product teams.
•Accountable for programs and initiatives, and influence across organisations.
•Responsible for defining metrics to measure success and opportunities.

4. Competency Requirements:
•Innovative and thought leadership, architectural mindset & comprehensive approach, implementation skills. Ability to define security, technical and business requirements with minimal direction.
•Demonstrated ability to assess complex business problems, prioritize risks, and assess for solutions to eliminate and reduce threats in a systemic approach.
•Strong orientation towards action and making recommendations based on data, and ability to align functional teams to recommendations.
•Develop the business, information, and technical artefacts that constitute the enterprise security architecture, solutions and products.

What do you need to bring:

•6+ years' experience as technical leader (Java) at a large, global company in dynamic and fast-changing markets.
•Deep subject matter expertise in platform development & maintenance
•Experience with influencing large software engineering organizations.
•Demonstrated experience in driving and implementing security technology and programs.
•Excellent teaching, communication and interpersonal skills.

**We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

Additional Job Description:
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 visithttps://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

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 ******.

As part of PayPal's commitment to employees' health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.

Subsidiary:
PayPal
Travel Percent:
0

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 visithttps://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:
Click Hereto 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 ******.

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.

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We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.