Job Summary:

This job delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). It involves advising management on project-level issues, guiding junior engineers, operating with little supervision, and applying knowledge of technical best practices.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
• Advises immediate management on project-level issues
• Guides junior engineers
• Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
• Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions

Expected Qualifications:

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

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

At PayPal, our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives. We’re a purpose-driven company, and our beliefs are the foundation of how we conduct business every day. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal’s 400+ million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways.

The PayPal Native Checkout team is passionate about providing maximum value to both consumers and merchants from the moment the checkout experience begins. We’re on a journey to create rich, innovative experiences that people can’t imagine shopping without. We are looking for an iOS Engineer to work with us as we build this next generation of experiences.

Your Way to Impact

As a Native Checkout team member, you will work on bringing delightful PayPal Checkout experiences to the PayPal mobile apps. This includes developing new features with rapid experimentation while ensuring we maintain a high quality of the experiences we ship. You will be responsible for designing and developing these features in collaboration with design, product, and analytics.

Your Day to Day

• Lead native Android app development by converting ideas, designs, and requirements into concrete, stable production builds
• Design and oversee solutions for specific use cases
• Provide frameworks, interfaces, and services that can be extended and reused for future requirements
• Enforce clean code and excellent coding practices by conducting thoughtful code reviews
• Influence and mentor peers - both on your team and across PayPal
• Work with product, project, and engineering teams to deliver products on schedule that solve customer problems
• Collaborate with Engineering and QA to resolve bugs
• Develop and communicates technical processes, standards, and best practices to the team

What You Need to Bring

• 5+ years of experience developing native Android applications in Java and Kotlin
• Solid knowledge of algorithms with good problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Expertise in Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices.
• Experience connecting Android applications to RESTful and GraphQL APIs
• Experience with animation, and implementing user interface designs
• Skilled at writing Unit and Automation tests
• Knowledge of design patterns such as MVC and MVVM
• Knowledge of multi-threaded, asynchronous code
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to backend services
• Familiarity with AI tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor

Beneficial Qualifications

• Experience in finance, e-commerce, or logistics.
• Experience with iOS development

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 paypalglobaltalentacquisition@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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