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Job Description:

As a member of this team, you'll be contributing to the technical vision and architecture of our services and web applications. You will execute upon and work with the team towards that vision. You will need to be able to architect & build solutions to problems with minimal guidance from others. You will focus on optimizing for performance, engineering efficiency, and scalability. With your team, you will be responsible for all aspects of the software development lifecycle.  This is an opportunity to develop products that delight millions of consumers each day with a high impact to PayPal, our merchants, and their customers.  

 We’re looking for strong Javascript skills and solid real-world experience. We are seeking candidates with experience designing and building systems at scale. We want candidates with a vision for how to empower customers by building delightful experiences. You should be familiar with the latest tools & practices popular in the community. We hope you’re passionate about these tools and can help us make decisions about which ones will work best for PayPal. We’re looking for leaders to help move the company forward. Experience managing or contributing to open-source projects would come in handy, so would any kind of high-profile work with many contributors & customers. People will look up to you on this team, so experience in mentoring and teaching would be helpful.  

 We are organized as a cross-functional team composed of Engineers, Product, Designers, & Analysts and the ideal candidate has experience working closely with all these practices. We work in a “N-in-a-box” model where the Design Lead, Tech Lead and Product Manager work closely together to build a well-rounded experience. We are remote friendly and have teammates all over the US and value our diverse culture.   

 We adopt a rapid iteration, lean startup, and rapid experimentation approach. It’s a very fast paced highly innovative environment and we love our work and take pride in it. Communication is key to our process, and we don't want to hinder it with walls. Collaboration is key – since we work with multiple stakeholders and teams. We have no QA department -- developers test, release and monitor their own code. We keep the team in sync with daily stand-ups and have regular retrospectives to discuss things that are going well and opportunities for improvements. We value unique perspectives brought by diverse backgrounds and experiences. A broad range of ideas and perspectives help us to create the best in class product.   

About you  

 You will be instrumental in helping scope out both the near-term as well as the next generation of our platform and craft solutions capable of delivering billion of hits every day. We’d like to know that you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy driving innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development.   

Required Skills:  

• 3-6 years of experience delivering enterprise class applications, with at least 3 most recent years working in Javascript, Typescript, ReactJS, NodeJS, GraphQL.  

• Solid understanding of design and programming concepts, core Javascript concept. Able to navigate full stack development easily  

• Experience working with large scale applications, production rollouts, monitoring and debugging live issues  

• Experience with test automation: TDD, unit/integration/functional testing.   

• Have a passion for quality and writing clean, solid, readable code that scales and performs well.  

• Strong desire to learn, push the envelope, and share knowledge with others.  

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across the whole tech stack.  

• Proven interpersonal communication skills  

  
Responsibilities include:  

• Architect solutions and execution through hands-on development, quality-assurance, and prototyping  

• Deliver code in an Agile software development.  

• Participate in development life cycle activities like design, coding, testing and production release.  

• Partner closely with product, design, analytics and dependencies to craft great product experiences.  

• Participate and promote architectural initiatives, balancing long-term velocity with short-term customer needs.  

• Mentoring folks in the team and collaborating with other teams to deliver best in class product  

• Follow and be a strong advocate for clean code principles  

• Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development  

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary: PayPal

Travel Percent: 0

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:

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PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

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@paypal.com.

As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.