Sr Software Engineer, Android

Job Summary

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe everyone deserves access to the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services so anyone, no matter their background, can access affordable, convenient, and secure tools to take control of their financial life. You’re likely familiar with Venmo—a peer‑to‑peer app that has grown into a suite of financial products, including a Debit Card, Credit Card, Checkout, and Crypto on Venmo. Our goal is to bring Venmo’s ease and magic to everywhere people use money, making managing and connecting finance more delightful. There’s more to invent—let’s figure it out together!

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
• Advises immediate management on project‑level issues.
• Guides junior engineers.
• Operates with little day‑to‑day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices.
• Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications

At Venmo, we are creating a product that people love. We strive to create a delightful user experience while connecting the world and empowering people through payments. We are looking for intellectually curious people who want to be inspired and inspire others to change the world. Engineering is a craft, and at Venmo we want the internals of our software to be as elegant as the end‑user experience we are designing. We spend our days scaling our infrastructure and building new features to meet and exceed our user’s needs and wants. We teach and learn from one another and push each other to be at our creative and analytical best.

As a member of Venmo Engineering, you will act as a subject matter expert. We are looking for technologists with the highest levels of technical talent, programming, and communication skills with a keen desire to deeply understand our product and how to make our systems stronger and more resilient. Come join our team.

What you will do

• Lead engineering efforts and team level processes by defining outcomes for others, refining ongoing processes, and providing technical advice to senior leaders on systems, solutions, challenges and strategy.
• Evangelist for technical standards, engineering best practices, and quality across the larger Venmo team and PayPal, Inc. Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow.
• Support end‑to‑end ownership of design, implementation and operational excellence of software components while proactively improving existing structures and processes.
• Contribute to the technical engineering roadmap by completing quality and thorough assessments of implementation alternatives and their associated tradeoffs and providing recommendations.
• Be consistently solutions‑focused while contributing to the vision of domain and larger Venmo & PayPal technical engineering roadmap.
• Exercises judgment in reconciling diverse and competing priorities to identify optimal solutions to problems.
• Leverage strategic thinking and experience to look ahead and anticipate consequences and risks linked to implementation choices; able to identify patterns to reduce repetition into meaningful general solutions.
• A key voice on team‑level processes (e.g., code & design reviews) and oversees projects, ensuring an accurate, complete, timely and operable solution is delivered.
• Serves as an expert to resolve technical inquiries of others.
• Be able to provide technical leadership for a team with limited guidance from management or senior teammates.
• Strong skills interacting and tailoring communication with various technical and non‑technical stakeholders, such as product, support, finance operations, compliance and legal.

Job Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience in Mobile Development.
• Experience developing and maintaining consumer‑facing mobile applications at scale. Strong Kotlin skills & knowledge of multi‑threaded, asynchronous code.
• Deep understanding and knowledge around consuming GraphQL and REST APIs from mobile applications.
• Passionate about mentoring and developing software engineers.
• Ability to understand and discuss complex topics with technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong understanding of testing best practices and familiarity with at least one testing framework for Mobile Development. Skilled at writing unit and automation tests.
• Strong knowledge of common design patterns, algorithms, and object‑oriented programming with expertise in design patterns such as MVC and MVVM.

Pay Range

San Jose, California: $143,500.00 – $212,850.00 Annually

Austin, Texas: $130,500.00 – $193,600.00 Annually

Benefits

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. We offer comprehensive, choice‑based programs that support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.

EEO Statement

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.