Staff Software Engineer
PayPal
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Software Engineer, Integrations
Clay
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
AWSDistributed SystemsJavaScriptNode.jsReactSQLTypeScript
About the role
- Design and ship new integrations with data providers (REST APIs, webhooks, SQL databases, custom solutions)
- Improve integrations framework and infrastructure (account authorization, rate limiting, request queueing, data file ingestion and serving)
- Work cross-functionally with engineering, partnerships, customer success, and sales to understand customer needs, respond to feedback, and measure success
- Debug, maintain, and iterate on existing integrations end-to-end
- Partner with product managers and customers to design and deliver customer-facing features and fullstack data enrichment user experiences
- Ship code frequently that unlocks customer use cases and support other engineers on the team
Requirements
- Experience with APIs (building integrations with 3rd party APIs or building public APIs)
- 2+ years of hands on software engineering experience building world-class products and shipping quickly
- Empathetic communicator; able to explain technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences and mentor peers
- Familiarity with (or ability to learn) Typescript, Node.js, AWS Lambda, SQL, and React
- Bonus: experience designing scalable distributed systems (rate limiting, queueing, serverless, data ingestion and serving)
- Bonus: understanding of sales and marketing workflows and familiarity with sales and marketing APIs
- Legally authorized to work in the United States (application asks)
Benefits
- Customers love the product (100K+ users)
- High growth (6x YoY last year; 10x YoY prior years)
- Incredible culture
- Well-resourced — $100M Series C in 2025, $3.1B valuation; backed by Capital G, Sequoia, Meritech
- Hybrid work arrangement (NYC & SF hubs)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
APIsTypescriptNode.jsAWS LambdaSQLReactdata ingestiondata servingrate limitingqueueing
Soft skills
empathetic communicatormentoringcross-functional collaborationcustomer feedback responsetechnical explanation
