Software Engineer 2

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. They are seeking a Software Engineer 2 to partner with software engineers and cross-functional teams to develop and support real-time software applications across the Identity platform, focusing on performance-efficient and scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Partner alongside software engineers and various cross-functional team members to build, manage, perform, and support various aspects of real-time software projects
• Develop software applications to support various functions across Identity platform
• Leverage existing skills while learning and implementing new software technologies
• Identify additional areas of opportunity and means for knowledge-sharing practices across teams
• Build performance efficient, highly scalable, configurable, and available software applications and systems
• Define, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software applications
• Design, develop, and test high throughput back-end software systems
• Develop object-oriented software and design, code, and test complex software features
• Develop software code and help lead code review sessions
• Segment and design technical system layers to support componentized and layered software application development, including business logic functionality and database/component repository access
• Identify and fix performance, scalability, and other software live issues in a time critical environment
• Identify and make recommendations to reduce software project risks
• Work with other engineers, managers, product management, quality analysts, and operations teams to develop innovative technical solutions that meet market needs with respect to functionality, performance, availability, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules, and adherence to software development goals and principles
• Develop a high-level view of the functions, usages, and needs of all external APIs (Application Programming Interface) and use this to drive architecture decisions
• Trace bugs and errors through multiple software systems, including ones not owned by the team, sometimes on behalf of customer-facing teammates
• Drive team discussions on technical strategy, system architecture, and component design
• Participate in all stages of the software development cycle, including the design and development of significant new architectural systems and improvements and new architectural systems and improvements

Skills

• Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field, plus one year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation
• Employer will also accept a Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field, plus three years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation
• Hands-on software development and system architecture experience, with a focus on large-scale, distributed systems
• Object-Oriented Analysis, Design, and Development (OOAD), employing industry-standard design patterns and best practices
• Account Lifecycle Management systems, focusing on onboarding, product provisioning, and event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ (AMQ), and event publishing for identity services
• Enterprise Architecture principles and building and deploying Microservices-based architectures for large-scale, cloud-native applications
• Database design, performance tuning, and optimization for relational (Oracle) and NoSQL databases
• Crafting efficient queries, managing data scalability, and ensuring high availability
• Server-Side Java Development, Spring Framework (Core, Boot, Security, Data, and Reactive), Hibernate, and RESTful API development
• Utilizing Spring Boot for rapid application development and deploying microservices in a cloud environment
• Developing and integrating event-driven systems using Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, and JunoCache for stream processing, message brokering, real-time data processing pipelines, and efficient caching solutions
• CI/CD pipelines, utilizing Maven, GitHub, and Docker for containerization, along with Jenkins or other automation tools for continuous delivery
• Splunk, Datadog, Sherlock and other observability tools for monitoring, logging, and debugging distributed applications in production
• Unit and integration testing using JUnit, TestNG, and automated testing frameworks for continuous testing and validation of software quality
• Determining impact of architectural solutions and recommendations. Must have experience in justification of technology solutions to business leaders
• Working effectively with cross-functional teams (product, design, QA, and infrastructure) to deliver high-quality software solutions

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Employee shares options
• Health and life insurance

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