Staff Engineer – Alternate Payments Method, APM

PayPal

full-time

Posted on: 9/25/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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💰 $152,500 - $262,350 per year

Lead

Distributed SystemsHibernateJavaMicroservicesNode.jsNoSQLReactSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQL

About the role

Design and build a robust product to support PayPal’s APM products and drive innovation in alternate payments platform.
Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle from design, architecture and planning to development, testing, deployment, monitoring and beyond.
Deliver an industry leading product and direct its next phase of growth.
Deep dive and implement robust solutions to complex problems.
Individual contributor coordinating activities of other engineers and working with cross functional groups (business, product, analytics, engineering).
Determine technical tasks for other engineers and improve existing structures and processes.
Make technical decisions, collaborate with management to set standards, and represent the company to external partners.
Act as a project or system leader, reconciling diverse priorities and proactively improving structures and processes.
Notice patterns, condense repetition into generalized solutions, and set/improve standards for engineering rigor.
Represent PayPal externally via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations.

Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Proficiency in Java and related frameworks such as Spring Boot and Hibernate.
A deep understanding of data structures, object-oriented design, and algorithms.
Strong understanding of RESTful API design and development.
Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
Proficiency in database technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, and in-memory databases.
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
Experience transforming ambiguous requirements into clear technical plans.
Strong advocate of code craftsmanship, good coding standards and use of tools that will improve the quality of the delivered code.
Nice to have: familiarity with Front End technologies such as React, Express, Node.
Experience working in payments or financial services industry is a plus.