Software Engineer 2

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

Job Description Summary: This is Software Engineer 2 position involving team co-ordinations, external interactions to unblock team activities & full-time hands-on development. The person is expected to work as an individual contributor and collaborate well in a scrum team of typically 6-7 engineers in size. This person is expected to stand in as a Tech Lead or have Scrum master responsibilities to deliver a project with the Team. The person is expected to be highly competent technically and domain-wise, an emerging thought leader in his/her specialty, and a role-model for junior members of the team.

**Job Description**:
**Responsibilities**
- Development and testing of high-quality product features spanning multiple product domains
- Work with engineering managers, architects, engineers & QA to develop innovative solutions that meet market needs w.r.t functionality, performance, reliability, realistic implementations schedules and adherence to development goals and principles
- Provide technical guidance and assistance to other software engineers
- Identify areas of technical improvement and make detailed business cases for improvements or new areas of opportunities.
- Adhere to best of class coding and design standards
- Ensure all deliverables adhere to the timelines, quality and performance
- Ability to work in a team as well as independently and deliver on aggressive goals individually as well as a team
- Drive team to follow better agile practices by conducing agile ceremonies effectively.
- Demonstrate understanding and curiosity for the big picture
- Able to understand the decisions & actions taken by leadership or team & articulate the details to people as required.

**Basic Qualifications**:
**Requirements**:

- You have a Bachelor/Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or related area.
- You have 4 to 6 years of hands-on development experience, with 2 years in a scrum environment.
- You have extensively used Java, Junit, Jmeter, Maven, Git, Fortify and Sonar in development in the last three years
- For Front end developer, you must have extensive skillset in Web and Mobile app (in iOS or Android) development with hands-on expertise in React.js and GraphQL framework
- You have developed high-traffic front or backend services for a real customer-facing web site
- You have worked in a scrum team for at least a year and practice agile methodologies faithfully.
- You have (designed and) implemented REST APIs, web services and SOA components
- You have effectively used OO-design and design patterns in your work
- You have developed code using SQL and NoSQL solutions
- You have good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Must be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously with mínimal supervision.
- Flexibility and willingness to learn new technologies and adept quickly
- You have coached junior engineers, advocated good coding practices, process adherence and continuous improvement in these areas
- You have been in a project requiring you to effectively collaborate with remote teams across geographies and time zones
- You have worked in a payments or finance-related industry before
- Have team lead or scrum master experience
- Feel proud to be the servant leader for company & team success.

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