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# Staff Software Engineer

- **Company:** PayPal
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,500.0 - $262,350.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Linux, Distributed Systems, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Release Management, Shell Script, Apache Zookeeper, Pulumi, Cloud Platform System, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Free and Open-Source Software, Terraform, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/76141822-staff-software-engineer

## About the Role

* 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience., * Experience in building massively scalable high performance services.
 * Excellent problem solving skills.
 * Ability to identify Performance bottlenecks.
 * Contribution in open source projects a plus.
 * Experience in building highly available platforms running in production handling no downtime rollouts., * Overall 5+ years development experience Working experience in building massively scalable high performance services.
 * Excellent problem solving skills.
 * Expertise in Golang. Expertise in Java or C/C++.
 * Expertise working with Cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure).
 * Hands on experience with Cloud Ops - IaC tools (Terraform/pulumi) and automation.
 * Expertise in shell scripting. Strong Linux systems knowledge.
 * Strong working knowledge in docker or containerd.
 * Deep understanding and working knowledge on any one of these systems: Zookeeper/etcd/consul
 * Working knowledge on any one of these cluster managers: Kubernetes/Docker swarm. Strong understanding of fundamental distributed system principles

## Description

Cloud Platform team manages core cloud infrastructure and platforms enabling all type of workloads. It is a central team supporting Developers and Operations to develop, build and run applications and manage infrastructure. We are looking for passionate engineer to join our team and part of building next generation platform at PayPal., * Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system

 * Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
 * Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
 * Proactively improves existing structures & processes
 * Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
 * Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
 * Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
 * Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations, Cloud Platform team manages core cloud infrastructure and platforms enabling all type of workloads. It is a central team supporting Developers and Operations to develop, build and run applications and manage infrastructure. We are looking for passionate engineer to join our team and part of building next generation platform at PayPal.

 * You will form part of a global team that will drive best practice in the PaaS/CaaS arena. Joining next generation Container platform team, opportunity to learn and improvise distributed systems.
 * You will adapt to new Cloud and Container Platform technologies, build and release processes, production topologies and architecture to support environmental issues, identify gaps in platform, process and work with platform team to improvise tools, process and platform.
 * You will be developing automations, dashboard, monitoring/alerting to help reduce TTD and TTR.
 * Scope could include technical lead responsibilities, troubleshooting and fixing issues as surfaces. Support developer and production operations teams to unblock them, overcome any failed customer interactions. Expectation to support 24/7/365/day on-call operations personnel.
 * Looking for passionate engineers with hunger to learn and adapt to technologies, use new technologies fits best to provide platform efficiency, reliability and performance., The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is