Sr Software Engineer

Overview

Senior software engineer role delivering complete solutions across the software development lifecycle, advising management on project-level issues, and guiding junior engineers.

What you'll do

• Deliver complete solutions spanning all phases of the SDLC (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
• Advise immediate management on project-level issues.
• Guide junior engineers.
• Operate with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices.
• Apply knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions.

What you'll need

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

Nice to have

• Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures, knowledge of object oriented design, design patterns and multi-threaded programming.
• Strong OOP skills, with ability to analyse requirements and transform into scalable software designs.
• Experience with HTTP, REST APIs and competent designing and building web services/microservices in a commercial setting.
• Competent in design/implementation for reliability, availability, scalability and performance.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Hands-on Java programming expertise (Core Java, J2EE, Spring framework).
• Hands-on building RESTful services.
• Follow coding and design best practices.
• Experience working on SQL and NoSQL solutions with clear understanding of pros and cons of both relational and free-form databases.
• Knowledge and a particular interest in issues related to large-scale distributed stream processing and real-time computation systems.
• Hands-on experience in leveraging AI/GenAI tools to improve software engineering productivity across coding, testing, debugging and documentation.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Work mode: hybrid, with 3 days in the office and 2 days at your choice of PayPal office or home workspace for the majority of employees.
• Subsidiary: PayPal Travel. Travel percent: 0.