Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Position Overview

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years. As part of the Venmo team, we build products that delight users while delivering robust and secure payment solutions. In the role of Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will define and drive the evolution of our cloud platform by blending cloud engineering, platform principles, and SRE best practices. Location: San Jose, California; Scottsdale, Arizona; Austin, Texas. Compensation: Ranges from $152,000 to $262,350 annually depending on location and experience. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and lead critical technical initiatives that support millions of global users.

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating activities of other engineers on projects or within systems.
• Determines technical tasks and guides team members in executing them.
• Drives achievement of customer, operational, program, or service objectives.
• Proactively improves existing structures and processes.
• Exercises judgment to reconcile competing priorities (time, quality, complexity, risk) for optimal solutions.
• Identifies recurring patterns and generalizes solutions to enhance efficiency.
• Collaborates with management to establish and improve standards for engineering rigor.
• Represents PayPal, Inc. externally through interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations.
• Leads major initiatives end-to-end by defining design, identifying stakeholders, mitigating risks, coordinating work, and ensuring timely, quality project delivery.
• Raises the bar by mentoring engineers on design principles and best practices to enhance code efficiency and security.
• Troubleshoots incidents by identifying root causes, documenting issues, and implementing preventive measures.
• Evangelizes emerging technologies and architectures that align with business objectives.
• Develops and improves tools and automation to manage infrastructure and application configuration as code.
• Enhances the quality, reliability, and stability of our infrastructure and operations.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in software development or a related field.
• 5+ years' experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365 as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team.
• 2+ years technical leadership experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with designing, implementing, and supporting infrastructure (AWS experience preferred) to support global-scale services.
• Deep hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS or similar cloud providers.
• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Java, Bash, or Go.
• Experience with containers and container orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues to a non-technical audience.
• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in computer science or a related field.

Benefits & Perks

• Flexible work environment with a balanced hybrid model (3 days in office and 2 days remote).
• Employee share options.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• An equitable and inclusive work culture focused on financial, physical, and mental well-being.