Principal MTS, Software Engineer

Description

Your day-to-day

• As a Principal Engineer, you will architect and lead the development of complex backend systems, drive innovation, and mentor the team.
• A technical leader who can ensure the technical success of an entire business domain
• Maintains a strategic vision, and creatively takes initiative to realize it
• Intentionally leads other technical leaders across organizations as a means of delivering more than is possible individually
• Increases results & effectiveness of all software engineers in a large domain
• Provides advice and counsel to senior executives within PayPal, influencing the development of multi-year business strategies
• Exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments and takes initiative to achieve results
• Appraises existing ways of working and determines directional changes for improved results
• Handles ambiguous and unfamiliar situations and uses creativity to deliver decisive resolutions
• Uses discovery & exploratory research, not being limited to technical domains, to make successful decisions
• Identifies themes & trends that span projects and teams, and finds broadly impactful opportunities for improvement
• Adapts their role to the need, selecting the most effective means of realizing their technical goals
• Uses delegation and expectation- setting to steer more than what one person can achieve directly
• Mentors’ others as a means of propagating technical influence, and to enhance the performance of their organization
• Proficient at recognizing the “true root causes” when existing solutions or processes limit success
• Expert at envisioning and articulating technical solutions that address business needs, are practically achievable and sufficiently inspire decision-makers to influence investment choices
• Understands structure and priorities of non- technical aspects of PayPal organization and can incorporate into nuanced and maximally relevant decision-making

What do you need to bring :

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Your way to impact

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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 :

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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 .

Who We Are :

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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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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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