Senior Staff Software Engineer, iOS

PayPal

full-time

Posted on: 9/17/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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💰 $169,500 - $291,500 per year

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About the role

Serve as the hands‑on technical lead for all commerce surfaces in the Venmo iOS app
Guide the work of multiple feature teams and shape architecture decisions to App Store ship cadence
Establish conventions and processes, handle multi‑team initiatives, mentor others, and partner with product management
Own the end‑to‑end design, performance, and reliability of Venmo Commerce on iOS
Write and review production Swift; lead large‑scale refactors (UIKit ➜ SwiftUI, RxSwift ➜ Combine)
Partner with server engineers to craft efficient GraphQL and REST contracts
Prototype new commerce ideas and AI‑powered features, run A/B tests, and turn spikes into polished experiences
Establish mobile engineering standards: testing pyramids, CI/CD, accessibility, observability, and on‑call best practices
Mentor senior and staff engineers through pairing, design reviews, and candid feedback
Tackle ambiguity, frame trade‑offs, and chart a path forward when product briefs are sketches

Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
10+ years building and shipping consumer iOS apps, with at least 3 years at staff‑plus scope
Expert‑level Swift (and comfort reading Objective‑C)
Deep knowledge of UIKit, SwiftUI, CoreAnimation, and networking
Proven history of raising the technical bar introducing better architecture patterns, automated quality gates, and healthy code‑review culture
A portfolio of shipping complex features at scale: offline‑first flows, concurrency, real‑time updates, or high‑fidelity animations
Curiosity and hands‑on experience with AI/ML on device CoreML, on‑device inference, or integrating LLM‑powered APIs
Ability to explain complex trade‑offs in plain language and align cross‑functional partners
Comfort influencing without authority rallying multiple teams