Associate Engineer – Backend (Java)

What you need to know about the role:

This role is critical to understand, explore & expand the offerings of Activities platform powering the post purchase experiences within PayPal digital wallet. It requires thinking solutions which may span across components, platforms and external integrations. This role will require to build synergy with multiple PayPal internal teams, Partner, Merchant & Customer experiences, as well as PayPal external open banking solutions.

Meet our team:

At PayPal, its key to provide trust, transparency and clarity to our Merchants, Consumers & Partners about their every engagement with PayPal's products and services. You'll part of the Financial Activities Platform Team that enables our customers to manage their personal finances by providing a framework to track, locate and act on their payments & financial obligations. The charter for this team is to maximise the number of merchants and customers that remain actively engaged with PayPal following the creation of new payment or promise of payments via PayPal. We work round the clock to enhance, speed up and scale our services to enable customer retention and help our customers achieve their post purchase operations effectively. The initiatives under our portfolio are considered as Tier-1 and have a direct, measurable contribution to the post purchase experiences, refunds, customer call volumes, email communications globally leading up to trust and safety represented by the company. You will be working with a co-located end-to-end product ownership team from design to delivery and peers who have the drive to ideate, experiment & learn with a fail-fast approach.Job Description:

Your way to impact 

At PayPal, Backend Software Engineers are the architects of our global payment platform. You'll design, develop, and optimize core systems that power millions of transactions daily, directly impacting our customers experiences and our company's success. 

Your day-to-day 

As a Software Engineer - Backend you'll contribute to building robust backend systems. You'll collaborate closely with experienced engineers to learn and grow your skills. 

• Develop and maintain backend components. 
• Write clean, efficient code adhering to coding standards. 
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback. 

What do you need to Bring 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. 
• 2+ years of backend development experience. Strong foundation in programming concepts and data structures. 
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Java, Python, Ruby on Rails) 
• Proficiency in back-end development utilizing Java EE technologies (Java, application servers, servlet containers, JMS, JPA, Spring MVC, Hibernate) 
• Strong understanding of web services and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) standards, including REST, OAuth, and JSON, with experience in Java environments. 
• Experience with ORM (Object-Relational Mapper) tools, working within Java-based solutions like Hibernate. 
• Experience with databases (SQL, NoSQL) 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with large-scale, high-performance systems. 
• Knowledge of the payment processing industry and relevant regulations. 
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). 
• Contributions to open-source projects.