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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer, Backend Python - **Company:** PayPal - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $176,500.0 - $262,350.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Data Stores, Relational Databases, Fault Tolerance, Hazelcast, NoSQL, Systems Development Life Cycle, RabbitMQ, Redis, Amazon ElastiCache, Backend, Apache Kafka, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) - **Published:** November 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/76373593-staff-software-engineer-backend-python ## About the Role * 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience., * Advanced skills with RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching solutions (e.g. Redis, ElastiCache, Hazelcast) and messaging/queuing protocols/systems such as SQS/Kafka/RabbitMQ/Pulsar * Ability to lead projects and mentor all levels of engineering staff, along with managing relationships with Product, Engineering Operations and non-technical business and support teams * Expert with distributed services and backend systems * Expertise with building services on public cloud - preferably AWS or GCP, Azure * Experience in managing infrastructure as code using Terraform * Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems. ## Description This job acts as a project leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers, determining technical tasks, and improving existing structures and processes. It involves making technical decisions, collaborating with management to set standards, and representing the company to external partners., * 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, * Lead engineering efforts and team level processes by defining outcomes for others, refining ongoing processes, and providing technical advice to senior leaders on systems, solutions, challenges, and strategy. * Support end-to-end ownership of design, implementation and operational excellence of software components while proactively improving existing structures and processes. * Contribute to the technical engineering roadmap by completing quality and thorough assessments ofimplementation alternatives and their associated trade-offs and providing recommendations. * Provides technical leadership for a small team with minimum guidance from management or senior teammates. * Design, estimate and implement new and refactored software services on the platform securely, reliably and at scale. Take ownership of quality of design and implementation of software components. * Deliver high quality code on time and follow our SDLC process. * Own the performance and availability of the services as well as participate in on call rotations and provide support during incidences. * Have an appetite to learn and contribute to complex projects alongside your colleagues., Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable. PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us. 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. Subsidiary: Venmo Travel Percent: 0 PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us. 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.