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

We are seeking a top-level Data Engineer to join our Business Data Solutions – Data Governance (BDS-DG) team. You will be responsible for analysis, design, coding, and testing of data applications, as well as ETL engineering using GCP (BigQuery, Bigtable, Dataproc), Java, Python, Spark, Oracle, and Big Data technologies (HDFS, Hive, HBase, Kafka, Firestore).

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Design and develop data pipelines for efficient data collection and processing.
• Build and maintain scalable data storage solutions.
• Ensure data quality and consistency through validation and cleansing processes.
• Implement data transformation techniques to prepare data for analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and provide solutions.
• Optimize data engineering processes for performance and reliability.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualification:

Your Way to Impact

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver scalable solutions
• Define, architect, and manage the full lifecycle of data governance products
• Employ creative and innovative problem-solving techniques
• Proactively identify potential issues and communicate them effectively to team members and management
• Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; adapt quickly to ambiguous challenges
• Deliver high-quality results from initial concepts through delivery
• Identify ways to leverage LLMs and AI Agents for daily activities and across DGS products
• Embrace open-source technology and determine fit within PayPal policies

Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Participate and collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver scalable solutions
• Plan and execute projects efficiently and effectively
• Approach problems creatively, considering all possibilities and options
• Proactively anticipate and communicate problems to the team and management
• Support all functions of the product lifecycle as required
• Work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Deliver results from loosely defined requirements
• Build REST services using the Spring framework to read data from disparate sources, perform validation, and expose results via REST APIs (API development experience is a plus)
• Schedule jobs using UC4 and Airflow
• Write and maintain pipelines in Python
• Develop Spark jobs for large dataset processing and transformation
• Leverage LLMs for development as needed

What You Need to Bring

• 2–4 years of experience in the IT industry, preferably within the data technology space
• Advanced programming skills in Java and Python
• Proficiency in Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, and Streaming Integrations
• Strong experience with any cloud platform (GCP/AWS/Azure)
• Experience with MPP systems and strong SQL programming skills
• Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts
• Familiarity with handling large volumes of data and data movement best practices
• Experience with data warehousing architecture and data modeling best practices
• Expertise in database programming and performance tuning
• Experience with file systems, server architectures, and distributed systems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong analytical skills: ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Agile methodology experience highly preferred
• Experience with Hadoop, Spark, HBase, and Hive highly preferred
• Knowledge and experience using cloud platforms and open-source technology for data governance
• Experience identifying use cases for AI and LLMs
• Initiative, strong communication skills, and a willingness to contribute beyond core responsibilities

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.

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.