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PayPal

Senior Staff Software Engineer

PayPal

Sr. Staff Software Engineer leading Venmo's identity platform, driving complex cross-cutting problems to resolution.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeSan Jose • California, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $196,500 - $291,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Makes technical decisions affecting multiple teams, crossing organizational boundaries
  • Understands evolving industry capabilities & practices and can judiciously apply up-to-date information for optimal results
  • Partners with product management, to ideate solutions to business problems & goals
  • Set the technical direction for Venmo's identity platform, including authentication, authorization, identity verification, and fraud risk systems.
  • Mentor and develop senior engineers.
  • Identify and proactively address risks — whether that's a fragile authentication flow, a compliance gap, or a scaling bottleneck

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Deep expertise in identity and access management — including protocols like OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, FIDO2/WebAuthn
  • Proven track record of defining and shipping large-scale distributed systems
  • Hands-on comfort with backend systems at scale (Python, Java, Go, or similar) and Cloud (AWS)
  • Experience working with or designing systems that meet regulatory requirements — KYC, AML, GDPR, or similar

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • generous paid time off
  • healthcare coverage for you and your family
  • resources to create financial security
  • support your mental health

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Hard Skills & Tools
identity and access managementOAuth 2.0OIDCSAMLFIDO2WebAuthnPythonJavaGoAWS
Soft Skills
technical decision makingmentoringrisk identificationcollaborationproblem solving