Software Engineer 2
PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years, empowering consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets. They are seeking a Software Engineer 2 to develop scalable software solutions for back-end systems and optimize performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop high-volume, scalable software solutions for back-end systems
- Optimize performance and scalability to efficiently manage significant data volumes and high traffic
- Construct robust back-end services and RESTful APIs
- Leverage a powerful technology stack for both the development and deployment phases of an innovative solution
- Ensure applications are accessible to all users by adhering to accessibility standards
- Integrate new features based on user feedback and testing results
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including design, product, and other business units
- Continuously improve the product through iterative feedback and collaboration
- Actively participate in Agile Scrum methodologies, collaborate on the creation and design of stateless libraries, and streamline HTTP/REST-based proxy-proxy standalone microservices
- Build event sourced systems to orchestrate data between distributed systems
Skills
- Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related field plus one year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation
- Experience designing and deploying relational database schemas and running complex queries against large scale databases (1 year)
- Experience with cloud technologies, Amazon Web Services, infrastructure as code (terraform), and AWS offerings (1 year)
- Experience writing production quality code Java and Python as well as experience with testing frameworks like Pytest
- Experience designing backend applications using the Django framework
- Experience deploying services using container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes
- Experience building and deploying Docker images
- Experience working in a team setting on a shared codebase using Git-based technologies like Github
- Experience monitoring applications using DataDog
- Experience designing and developing backend services for large scale applications
- Experience testing backend APIs using tools such as Postman or Curl
- Experience with Agile frameworks and practices for software development lifecycle
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Healthcare coverage for you and your family
- Resources to create financial security and support your mental health
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