Software Engineer 2

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

Job Description Summary: We are looking for a talented Software Engineer to help us strengthen our world-class global risk prevention and mitigation systems to successfully combat cybercrime. The Risk DIA Engineering team is responsible for fraud detection, risk management, and regulatory compliance services across PayPal - globally. We design, develop, enhance, and support services that get called across every interaction between PayPal and its users and partners. To achieve this, we are always looking at advances in technology like AI, Machine learning, and data science and tying those back to business needs. In this versatile role, you will be responsible for helping shape the future of mission-critical risk systems. You will be collaborating closely with engineering, product, and operations to design and develop features for our highly complex and heavily distributed risk environment. Our engineers build strong competencies in data structures and algorithms, along with a deep understanding of business processes.

Job Description:

Your way to impact.

As a Full Stack Engineer on the Risk DIA Team, you will be responsible for working on customer-facing applications and services that directly impact the customer. You will have a chance to leave your mark on the world by directly informing the customer experience of the PayPal website to specific PayPal financial products.


Your day to day

In your day-to-day role you will be responsible for

Design, develop, and test web applications and services following best practices.

Write clean, readable code that scales and performs well.

Work closely with Design and Product to craft great product experiences

Collaborate with peers and seniors within and across teams.

Assist with application deployments in our Cloud environment.

Work with operations teams to ensure applications are highly available.

Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development

Identify and document best practices.

What do you need to bring-

An intellectually curious, quick study who will learn the business quickly.

Proven experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining high performance, high availability, large-scale platforms, and applications.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to grasp and convey complex product requirements or technical concepts.

BS/MS in Computer Science with 5+ years of software development and engineering experience of which 3+ years hands-on experience managing and growing engineering teams.

Solid knowledge of algorithms and design patterns.

Solid knowledge of JavaScript/Node/React, Java, web services (REST/JSON).

Strong Agile skills and proven track record for product delivery.

Experience in building enterprise application & platforms for E-commerce biz (micro services architecture, Java fundamentals & spring boot mandatory, data management and building high throughput pipelines) - is a plus.

Our Benefits:


At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.


We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:


To learn more about our culture and community visit https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/default.aspx

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.