Sr Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure and Devops

About the role

This job delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). It involves advising management on project-level issues, guiding junior engineers, operating with little supervision, and applying knowledge of technical best practices.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
• Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
• Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
• Proactively improves existing structures & processes
• Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
• Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
• Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
• Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations

Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science or related field of study
• 5+ years' experience in software development or a related field
• 3+ years' experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365, as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team.
• Extensive hands-on experience with designing, implementing and supporting infrastructure (AWS experience preferred)
• Hands-on programming and scripting (Python, Java, Bash, Go)
• Hands-on experience with containers & container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
• Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience

Pay

The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:

• San Jose, California: ($143,500.00 - $212,850.00 Annually)
• Chicago, Illinois: ($130,500.00 - $193,600.00 Annually)
• Austin, Texas: ($130,500.00 - $193,600.00 Annually)
• Scottsdale, Arizona: ($123,500.00 - $183,700.00 Annually)