
Senior Staff Data Engineer
PayPal
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Jose • California • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $176,500 - $262,350 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead complex data engineering projects, ensuring they meet business objectives and deliver actionable insights.
- Develop advanced data architectures and pipelines to analyze large datasets and solve complex business problems.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to identify data-driven opportunities for business growth and efficiency.
- Implement best practices for data management, analysis, and visualization.
- Ensure data governance and compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to the data engineering team.
Requirements
- 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
- 12+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Expert-level SQL skills with proven ability to design, optimize, and troubleshoot the most complex queries
- Deep expertise across both batch processing (Spark, Dataproc) and real-time/streaming systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub)
- Proven track record solving the most challenging low-latency data problems
- Extensive hands-on proficiency with Cloud data services. Preferably - BigQuery, Bigtable, Dataproc, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub
- Strong programming skills in Python with focus on building scalable, maintainable systems
Benefits
- generous paid time off
- healthcare coverage for you and your family
- resources to create financial security
- support your mental health
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLPythondata architecturedata pipelinesbatch processingSparkDataprocreal-time systemsKafkaPub/Sub
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationmentorshipcommunicationproblem-solving