Performance & Scale Engineer at PayPal Inc. in San Jose, California

Job Description:

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 Description Summary:

Engineering at Venmo


At Venmo, we are creating a product that people love. We strive to create a delightful user experience while connecting the world and empowering people through payments. We are looking for intellectually curious people who want to be inspired and inspire others to change the world.


Engineering is a craft, and at Venmo we want the internals of our software to be as elegant as the end user experience we are designing. We spend our days scaling our infrastructure and building new features to meet and exceed our users' needs and wants. We work with a product team that is data-driven and human-centered in its design principles. We teach and learn from one another and push each other to be at our creative and analytical best.


Performance Engineering at Venmo


Performance quality is at the heart of Venmo's success. The performance engineering team works to improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our platform. We do this by analyzing and optimizing the performance of our applications and platform. We rigorously stress/load test product and platform changes before we make them available to Venmo customers in the production environment. We also prepare our platform to scale seamlessly for high seasonal traffic on regular basis. We cover details from infrastructure, applications to databases and fine tune our systems



Job Description:




About Us


Venmo was founded on the principles of breaking down the intimidating barriers around financial transactions to make them intuitive, friendly, and even fun. And it worked: people love sending money with Venmo, and we're growing by leaps and bounds!


But we're only just getting started. We want to take that magic of sending money with Venmo and cascade it into every place where people use money. That means connecting people to their money in the most intuitive and fun way possible, then connecting people with each other. Users already love Venmo, but we know there are lots of things we haven't thought of to make the experience of using Venmo even more delightful and valuable. All that's going to take a lot of figuring out. Let's figure it out together!



Engineering at Venmo


At Venmo, we are creating a product that people love. We strive to create a delightful user experience while connecting the world and empowering people through payments. We are looking for intellectually curious people who want to be inspired and inspire others to change the world.


Engineering is a craft, and at Venmo we want the internals of our software to be as elegant as the end user experience we are designing. We spend our days scaling our infrastructure and building new features to meet and exceed our users' needs and wants. We work with a product team that is data-driven and human-centered in its design principles. We teach and learn from one another and push each other to be at our creative and analytical best.



Performance Engineering at Venmo


Performance quality is at the heart of Venmo's success. The performance engineering team works to improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our platform. We do this by analyzing and optimizing the performance of our applications and platform. We rigorously stress/load test product and platform changes before we make them available to Venmo customers in the production environment. We also prepare our platform to scale seamlessly for high seasonal traffic on regular basis. We cover details from infrastructure, applications to databases and fine tune our systems.


Venmo performance engineering team collaborates with multiple engineering and platform teams to deliver on the best customer experience for Venmo customers.


What You'll Do

• Develop and use performance testing framework(s) and performance test-cases to simulate production workloads
  
  

• Conduct performance testing and benchmarking of software applications to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization
  
  

• Prepare Venmo's production system to scale for high velocity events for the seasonal traffic
  
  

• Work with development teams to optimize the performance of software, including improving scalability, response time, throughput, and resource utilization
  
  

• Build performance-as-a-service to scale operations
  
  

• Maintain complex performance test environment with mix of monolith and micro-service deployments
  
  

• Automate components/applications deployments for the performance test environment
  
  

• Lead initiatives with limited guidance from management or senior teammates
  
  

• Collaborate with teammates on planning and execution of initiatives
  
  

• Provide detailed reports on performance tests, findings, and optimizations, and create documentation for future reference.
  
  

• Work with internal Chaos Engineering team on running experiments and documenting/suggesting improvements
  
  

What We're Looking For

• Bachelors and/or master's in computer science or related field of study
  
  

• 5+ years' experience in software development or a related field
  
  

• 5+ years' experience tuning performance for production scale applications with performance testing tools such as Locust.IO, JMeter, K6 etc
  
  

• 5+ years of experience on Cloud technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Envoy, Helm etc
  
  

• Strong hands-on programming/scripting skills with Python, Java, Bash, AWS Lambda
  
  

• Strong experience with Infrastructure as code (AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet)
  
  

• Strong experience with DevOps practices and experience with tools such as Github Actions, Jenkins, AWS CDK etc
  
  

• Strong experience using tools like log tracing, application performance monitoring e.g. DataDog
  
  

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to debug performance bottlenecks
  
  

• Solid understanding of software architecture, including multi-tier applications and distributed systems
  
  

• Understanding of cloud datastores such as DynamoDB, AWS DocumentDB, Cassandra, MySQL, AWS Aurora, Redis, ElasticSearch
  
  

• Strong experience with AWS Cloud is preferred but equivalent experience with other cloud providers such GCP and/or Azure is also acceptable
  
  

• Experience leading software projects
  
  

• Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
  
  

• Certifications in performance testing or related fields is a plus
  
  

• Any experience with Chaos Engineering is a plus
  
  

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.



Additional Job Description:




Subsidiary:

PayPal



Travel Percent:

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PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.


Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.


The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.


The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is
$84500 to $204600


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 benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.


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 https://www.paypalbenefits.com.



Who We Are:



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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 talentaccommodations@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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We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.


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