Staff Software Engineer - Web SDK

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:

The PayPal SDK Engineering team is seeking to reinvent the way we pay online. Our team is responsible for enabling merchants around the world to accept payments within their mobile apps and websites. We always keep developers and their needs at the top of our mind and strive to provide the best-in-class developer experience.

We are looking for highly talented and self-driven engineers to join our team! In this role, you will be developing and enabling new payment methods and features for PayPal's Web SDK. You will be responsible for building and delivering features for PayPal's Web SDK, maintaining and contributing to open source, and evangelizing and engaging with external developers. We're looking for someone who is eager to learn and able to master many technologies and has a strong focus on empathizing and understanding what developers need.

Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

• Building PayPal’s Web SDK

• Working with stakeholders across PayPal to create simple, robust Web SDKs that enable all PayPal has to offer.

• Partnering closely with cross functional partners, like Venmo, in design and product

• Providing feedback on code and contributing to architecture discussions.

• Engaging with internal and external developers to better understand developer pain points and ways to improve the developer experience.

​Requirements:

• Experience building JavaScript and TypeScript applications.

• Experience in developer-facing products (e.g. SDKs, REST APIs, GraphQL) or products that enable third-party application development are great to have, but not required.

• Excited about our team’s focus on open source and improving developer experiences

• Experience with or interest in working with a team of talented engineers

• Keep up to date on industry trends and technologies and apply them to our products.

​How we work:

• Communication is key to our process, and we don't want to hinder it with walls. We work directly with other teams.

• Engineers build, test, release and monitor their own code.

• We pair program often. We believe that we do our best work when we work and collaborate together.

• We default to async communication and call for meetings when necessary.

• We hold daily stand-ups and have regular retrospectives to discuss things that are going well and opportunities for improvements.

• We value unique perspectives brought by diverse backgrounds and experiences. A broad range of ideas and perspectives help us to create the best possible product and work environment.

​Types of projects we work on:

• We do a lot of open-source development as our SDKs are in public GitHub.

• We build and support PayPal’s SDKs, which are the primary way for a merchant to accept payments on their websites and mobile apps.

• We are launching new and interesting ways to pay through our SDKs.

• We create easy-to-use developer tools that supplement our SDKs and Integrations.

• We are focused on improving the developer experience by engaging with the external developer community, creating tutorials, blogs, and speaking at conferences.

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

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PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is

$84500 to $204600

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

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:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

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 talentaccommodations@paypal.com.

Belonging at PayPal: 

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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