Manager, Software Engineering

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 Summary:

What you need to know about the role
As part of the Merchant Reporting & Insights team at PayPal, you will lead the development of mission-critical systems that ingest, orchestrate, and analyze massive volumes of data. These systems generate millions of high-volume reports, transforming complex fintech data into actionable business insights. You’ll be responsible for ensuring timely delivery of reports aligned with merchant SLAs and business cadences.

Meet our team
The Merchant Reporting & Insights team is at the heart of PayPal’s data-driven decision-making. We build scalable data platforms and reporting tools that empower merchants with real-time insights. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams across engineering, product , customers to deliver impactful solutions that drive business outcomes.

Your way to impact
You will lead the design and development of scalable, enterprise-grade data solutions that power critical reporting for merchants globally. Your leadership will drive innovation in big data and real-time processing, ensuring high-throughput systems meet business needs. You’ll foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Job Description:

Your Day-to-Day:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to teams of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Establish outcomes and key results (OKRs) and successfully deliver them. Drive improvements in key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Increase the productivity and velocity of delivery teams.
• Develop, plan, and execute engineering roadmaps that bring value and quality to our customers.
• Collaborate and coordinate across teams and functions to ensure technical, product, and business objectives are met.
• Instill end-to-end ownership of products, projects, features, modules, and services that you and your team deliver in all phases of the software development lifecycle.

What do you need to bring:

• 10+ years of experience in the software industry, with 3+ years of professional experience leading software development teams.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to address complex technical and non-technical challenges.
• Experience building and developing engineering teams that exhibit strong ownership, user empathy, and engineering excellence.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality systems and software in Big Data Technologies including Spark, Airflow, Hive, etc., with practical exposure to integrating machine learning workflows into data pipelines.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality systems and software in Java/J2EE technologies and distributed systems, with experience deploying ML models into production at scale using REST APIs, streaming platforms, or batch inference.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams (including data scientists and ML engineers) and manage stakeholders’ expectations.
• Ability to coach and mentor talent to reach their full potential, including guiding teams in adopting MLOps best practices and understanding AI model lifecycle management.
• Experience in building large scale, high throughput, low latency systems, including real-time data processing systems that support personalization, anomaly detection, or predictive analytics.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, modern technology topics and frameworks, and developer operations best practices. Experience with ML platforms (e.g., Kubeflow, MLflow) and familiarity with model monitoring, feature engineering, and data versioning tools is a plus.
• Provide leadership to others, particularly junior engineers who work on the same team or related product features.
• Proven experience delivering complex software projects and solutions effectively through Agile methodologies on a regular release cadence.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong customer focus, ownership, urgency and drive.

Preferred Qualification:

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

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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 https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

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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 talentaccommodations@paypal.com.  

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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