Sr Software Engineer

Experteer Overview In this Sr Software Engineer role, you will provide technical leadership for client-side platforms, delivering end-to-end features with a focus on performance, reliability, and security. You will shape architectural direction for frontend systems and collaborate across product, design, and operations to accelerate value delivery. You’ll optimize user experience through observability and automation, while mentoring peers and driving best practices. The opportunity centers on building scalable, high-performing frontend services that power PayPal’s global payments ecosystem. Compensation / Benefits * Provide technical leadership to a team of software engineers and foster collaboration * Own features and modules across the software development lifecycle * Lead design and implementation of end-to-end client-side solutions * Drive architectural discussions and promote best practices for frontend apps * Optimize performance via monitoring, logging, and metrics * Design scalable, secure, reliable services with documentation and automation * Improve non-functional requirements (availability, security, performance, observability) and advanced test/build/deploy strategies * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration and deployment * Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers to uphold coding standards * Research new frontend, observability, and DevOps trends and drive adoption * Contribute to program planning and influence product/tech roadmap * Partial telecommuting within commutable distance Tasks * 5 years of JavaScript/TypeScript experience * 5 years with modern frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue) in large systems * 5 years with Java, Node.js, or similar backends and RESTful APIs * 5 years building microservices and distributed systems * 5 years OOP, data structures and algorithms with design patterns * 5 years relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) * 5 years monitoring/telemetry with Splunk or Datadog * 5 years cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) * 3 years Docker and Kubernetes * 3 years CI/CD tools (Jenkins or GitHub Actions) * 2 years AI developer tools and Generative AI technologies * 5 years influencing technical decisions and mentoring engineers Key requirements * generous paid time off * healthcare coverage * resources for financial security * flexible hybrid work model * equity * annual performance bonus or incentive compensation

PayPal’s secure, reliable services with documentation and automation * Improve non-functional requirements (availability, security, performance, observability) and advanced test/build/deploy strategies * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration and deployment * Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers to uphold coding standards * Research new frontend, observability, and DevOps trends and drive adoption * Contribute to program planning and influence product/tech roadmap * Partial telecommuting within commutable distance Tasks * 5 years of JavaScript/TypeScript experience * 5 years with modern frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue) in large systems * 5 years with Java, Node.js, or similar backends and RESTful APIs * 5 years building microservices and distributed systems * 5 years OOP, data structures and algorithms with design patterns * 5 years relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) * 5 years monitoring/telemetry with Splunk or Datadog * 5 years cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) * 3 years Docker and Kubernetes * 3 years CI/CD tools (Jenkins or GitHub Actions) * 2 years AI developer tools and Generative AI technologies * 5 years influencing technical decisions and mentoring engineers Key requirements * generous paid time off * healthcare coverage * resources for financial security * flexible hybrid work model * equity * annual performance bonus or incentive compensation