Veterans Preferred - Director, Software Development

Company: PayPal
Location: San Jose
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. Job Description Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal's 375 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.About the team: The Commerce and Payments Platforms team is responsible for building solutions and platforms used by all PayPal's merchants - from SMBs to Enterprise, Channel Partners and Marketplaces customer segments. Our biggest focus is on large customer segments, and we build applications, services and platforms that allow PayPal customers to accept payments globally across all channels, including the Commerce Platform for Enterprises (Commerce Platform for Platforms and Marketplaces (Braintree platform (Hyperwallet platform (among many other responsibilities.About the role: You will be part of Payments Engineering team which is powering 300M+ consumers and 25M+ merchants across the globe. The incumbent will drive technology convergence to achieve better uniformity and less fragmentation in our technology stack, driving product development effectiveness and productivity up, allowing development teams to do more with less effort. The ideal candidate will have a deep technology background, strong platform thinking, passionate to focus on hard technical problems at scale, and ability to collaborate with many teams and stakeholders to move big rocks forward. This position is responsible for providing leadership, direction and expertise to engineering team with responsibility for all aspects of engineering in agile delivery model Responsibilities: Work with Product, Platform and Engineering leaders across multiple organizations to identify the most valuable areas of Payments tech stack convergence, setting up vision, plans, KPIs, measuring progress and driving execution to advance key valuable initiatives quickly, reducing risk on critical projects by advancing our technology stack. Skillset and requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience). Track record leading, developing, and delivering significant, complex software projects within complex organizations. Strong technical background, with: Expertise in designing large scale distributed systems. Proficiency in managing cloud based large-scale infrastructure. Experience building solutions on the Cloud (ideally GCP and AWS). Experience designing and building systems with Docker containers and Kubernetes. Demonstrable and in-depth experience with Java stack. Ruby on Rails very desirable. Some experience with JavaScript and Node.js is highly desired. Experience with Unix/Linux operating systems internals and administration. Established experience with monitoring/logging tools and best practices. Experience in software release lifecycle with modern distributed version control (e.g., git). Experience working in an Agile environment, including Extreme Programming practices like Iterative Development, Continuous Integration (and Deployment) and Test-Driven Development. Great analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong influencer and strong communicator, both written and spoken. Behaviors: Approach problems with humility, rigor, and decisiveness. Demonstrate a high emotional quotient and empathy, with ability to build trust and create psychological safety while tackling tough problems and navigating conflicts. Identify and solicit input from all stakeholders, balancing competing needs and distilling a coherent strategy. Lead by meeting people where they are at and building bridges to where you need them to go. Emphasize iterative progress, risk management, and delivering value. Leave the campsite cleaner and people stronger. We're a purpose-driven company whose beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We hold ourselves to our One Team Behaviors which demand that we hold the highest ethical standards, to empower an open and diverse workplace, and strive to treat everyone who is touched by our business with dignity and respect. Our employees challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find solutions. We want to break down barriers to financial empowerment. Join us as we change the way the world defines financial freedom.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@.R0069555

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