Staff Backend Engineer, Ruby on Rails

8 Months ago • All levels • Legal

Job Summary

Job Description

This role requires a Backend Engineer with strong Ruby on Rails skills to develop and maintain applications for PayPal's Vault Pillar. You will work on features that enhance the Braintree Vault offering, ensuring its freshness and performance. Experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies is a plus.
Must have:
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Backend Development
  • Vault Applications
  • Scrum/Agile
Good to have:
  • Braintree
  • API Development
  • Database Design
  • Performance Optimization
Perks:
  • Flexible Work
  • Employee Shares

Job Details

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 this role-
You will be working with Ruby on Rails doing backend development to support our Vault Pillar applications.
As a member of the Vault Pillar team you will get to help implement new features which enhance Braintree's Vault offering.

Meet our team-
The Account Updater team is responsible for ensuring applications work as expected to maintain Vault freshness across all our Merchants.
The team is comprised of an Engineering Manager(EM), responsible for the planning and implementation schedule for projects, a Tech Lead(TL), who
ensures the technical direction for our applications is maintained and best practices are adhered too, two senior engineers, who help implement/execute
development of new features and support of existing features and a Product Manager(PM) who is familiar with business needs and works with EM and TL to define a roadmap to build those features for customers.

Job Description:

Your way to impact-
As a member of the Vault Pillar, you will drive the development of innovative features that enhance our product's value and desirability for merchants.
The work you do will directly impact how merchants interact with PayPal and set the direction for future customers and business.
Maintaining Vault freshness is key to improving TPV and ensuring PayPal's success in the market.
You will influence the strategic direction of our technical solutions, ensuring scalability and performance.
You will mentor and support team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

Your day to day role-
Design, develop, and deploy high-quality Ruby on Rails applications.
Review teams Pull Requests(PR)'s for accuracy and stability and adheres to RoR best practices.
Attend Scrum ceremony calls to ensure deliverables are meant or blockers are called out early to ensure project success.
Attend pairing sessions with other developers on the team for collaboration and education.
Oversee the stability and performance of existing applications, providing support as needed.
Participate in code reviews and critiques.
Participate and/or drive team discussions on technical strategy, system architecture, and engineering design to meet various functional and non functional requirements.

What do you need to bring-
Enthusiasm is key to productive teams, be excited about the work you do.
Be willing to speak up and share your opinions, we value unique perspectives brought by diverse backgrounds and experience.
Communication is key to our process, be willing to collaborate and pair with other developers to build best in class solutions.

Additional Job Description:

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 visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

Click Here to 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 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.

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.

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

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