Staff Software Engineer

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 Summary:

PayPal is looking for a Senior iOS Engineer (CL7) to join our mobile engineering team and help build world-class payment experiences used by hundreds of millions of customers globally. You will design, develop, and ship high-quality iOS features at scale, collaborating closely with product, design, and backend engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions across PayPal's consumer and merchant platforms.

Job Description:

Essential 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

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, performant, and maintainable iOS features using Swift and Objective-C

• Lead end-to-end feature development from technical design through delivery, including writing technical specifications and reviewing code

• Drive architectural decisions and improvements across the iOS codebase, ensuring best practices in modularity, testability, and reliability

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, UX design, backend engineering, and QA to deliver high-impact customer experiences

• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, contributing to a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning

• Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, build tooling, and developer experience

• Champion engineering quality through rigorous unit testing, UI testing, and code reviews

• Proactively identify technical debt and performance bottlenecks, and drive initiatives to resolve them

• Participate in on-call rotations and respond to production issues as needed

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years focused on iOS development

• Strong proficiency in Swift; experience with Objective-C is a plus

• Deep understanding of iOS frameworks including UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine, Core Data, and networking APIs

• Proven track record of shipping production iOS applications with high user engagement and reliability

• Solid understanding of software design patterns (MVC, MVVM, VIPER, Clean Architecture) and their trade-offs

• Experience with performance profiling and optimization using Instruments and related tooling

• Strong communication skills and ability to drive technical discussions and influence decisions across teams

• Experience working in large-scale, distributed engineering organizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with mobile payment SDKs, tokenization, or financial services applications

• Familiarity with accessibility (WCAG/ARIA) standards and internationalization best practices

• Contributions to open-source iOS projects or Swift packages

• Experience with A/B testing frameworks and feature flag infrastructure

• Knowledge of security best practices in mobile development (certificate pinning, secure storage, OAuth/PKCE)

• Experience with cross-functional collaboration across global, distributed teams

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

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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:

Primary Location | Pay Range:

Austin, Texas | ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)

Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:

San Jose, California | ($176,500.00 - $262,350.00 Annually)


Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.

PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes.  Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately.  To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us. 

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 comprehensive, choice-based programs, to 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.

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 paypalglobaltalentacquisition@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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