PayPal
PayPal
PayPal is a fintech and e-commerce payments company that helps individuals and businesses move money online. Its platform supports digital payments, mobile commerce, peer-to-peer transfers, payment security, developer monetization tools, and services designed to help online businesses manage transactions and customer payments.

Senior Cloud and Systems Engineer

Build and operate PayPal’s scalable cloud infrastructure for global payment services. Work across AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, networking, and cloud automation.

Description

  • Design and scale multi-cloud platforms across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
  • Drive migrations from on-premises environments to public cloud.
  • Oversee load balancers, GSLB equipment, and CDN platforms.
  • Diagnose client and server issues.
  • Respond to outages, network incidents, and escalations, and lead root cause analysis.
  • Design backbone networks for on-premises systems and public-cloud migrations.
  • Build hybrid connectivity solutions.
  • Set project goals, timelines, and feature requirements with leaders, product managers, and customers.
  • Maintain network availability and capacity while meeting Information Security requirements.
  • Deploy equipment, manage SSL certificate hosting and renewals, and build data-center and cloud infrastructure.
  • Refine operational procedures, systems, and network engineering practices.
  • Provide on-call support, monitor infrastructure and hosted services, and resolve complex issues.
  • Coordinate global teams and mentor colleagues.
  • Brief executives on incident impact, risk, and mitigation plans.
  • Record incidents, designs, and network engineering practices.
  • Write efficient, reusable frontend and backend code.
  • Deliver quality solutions on schedule.
  • Prepare and review detailed design documents.
  • Provide technical and business leadership alongside hands-on technical support.
  • Contribute to improvements in tools, systems, and processes that strengthen product supportability and productivity.

Requirements

  • Bring at least 3 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Have 4–8 years of experience building large-scale enterprise applications across frontend and backend systems.
  • Have experience developing frontend applications with JavaScript and React.
  • Have experience building backend services with REST APIs in Go.
  • Have experience with cloud-native services on AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, including Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage.
  • Have experience with infrastructure as code, including Terraform and Google Kubernetes Engine.
  • Have experience writing unit and integration tests for JavaScript frontends and Go backends.
  • Know basic Linux commands and shell scripting.
  • Know CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Harness, and ArgoCD.
  • Bring strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
  • Be comfortable working with Agile development and Scrum.
  • AI experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • Hybrid schedule with 3 days in the office and 2 days at the PayPal office or home workspace.
  • Generous paid time off.
  • Healthcare coverage for you and your family.
  • Resources to support financial security.
  • Mental health support resources.
  • Flexible, balanced work culture.
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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