Senior Software Engineer - Frontend

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 do you need to know about the role:

A customer focused, hands-on Front-end engineer, responsible for designing, implementing and delivering state of the art payments solutions for Global Production Solutions of PayPal of PayPal. The ideal candidate is an individual with experience building software systems by engaging across the full software lifecycle, from system design and development of system backend components. Business acumen, hands-on technology skills, positive work ethic and a collaborative mindset are key to the success of this role.

Meet Your Team

A customer focused, hands-on Java engineer, responsible for designing, implementing and delivering state of the art payments solutions for GSE of PayPal. The ideal candidate is an individual with experience building large scale systems engaging across the full software lifecycle, from system design and development of front-end systems components. Business acumen, hands-on technology skills, positive work ethic and a collaborative mindset are key to the success of this role.

The prospective candidate will be an individual contributor working with various cross functional groups (business, product, analytics, user experience design and engineering) and will require admirable collaboration skills. The role would involve building new and emerging payments platforms and experiences for PayPal’s hyper growth markets, that would redefine how customers of PayPal pay and get paid.

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

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualification:

Your day-to-day

As a Front End Engineer, you will:

• Be able to independently design, code and test complex features, as well as lead and mentor other engineers, help build engineering teams

• Drive both technology and product innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development

• Be a technical subject matter expert and represent the full internal and external capabilities of the platform.

• Lead complex architectural discussions that involve multiple systems

• Identify any product/functionality gaps and collaborate internal product and technology teams to define the necessary development to support solution delivery.

• Drive integration efforts and lead critical work streams of strategic initiatives sponsored by senior executives

• Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD

• Proactive response in identifying and troubleshooting integration or technical issues.

• Write tests for the existing and newly created code to maintain compatibility

What you need to bring

• 5+ years experience in Front-end Development building successful production software systems

• Design, develop, and maintain frontend applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, and other relevant technologies.

• Experience with web front end technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, Webpack, Bootstrap etc

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to implement user-friendly features and interfaces.

• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following industry best practices and coding standards.

• Optimize frontend applications for maximum speed, scalability, and responsiveness.

• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to established standards.

• Troubleshoot and debug frontend issues, providing timely resolution and maintaining system integrity.

• Stay up to date with the latest frontend development trends, tools, and technologies, and recommend best practices to enhance team productivity and product quality.

• Participate in Agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance, support, and knowledge sharing to foster their professional growth and development.

• Excellent communication and writing skills

• Demonstrate a high level of curiosity, passion for technology, pride of ownership and strive for excellence.

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