Manager 2 Software Development

Who we are: Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal’s 392 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.

Job Description Summary: Hiring, developing & retaining top talent and be responsible for the overall team structure. Managing a rapidly evolving back-end technology on a diverse set of platforms ranging from Java, Rest, Big Data, Hadoop, ETL; Facilitating and driving key technology decisions with senior technology stakeholders; Work with product and design organizations in defining product roadmap. Provide thought leadership to the broad org around web development. Manage competing priorities. Guide decisions on architecture and technical strategy. Bring predictability to the team’s overall performance and delivery. Coaching and mentoring individual contributors. Create & enhance development processes to ensure the quality of products and code. Responsible for establishing and enhancing the engineering discipline of the team. Keep up to date on industry trends and technologies and apply them quickly to our products Maintain a good balance between start-up mentality with rapid iteration and maturity of product features Thrive in a fast-paced start-up like environment where features are rapidly developed and tested, change and experimentation End to end ownership of features including design, coding, deployment, devops and support Deep collaboration with cross functional engineering and product teams to evolve the reporting platform

Job Description:

• • 15+ years of progressive software engineering career path
  • 5+ years of experience in managing direct reports and their careers
  • Strong Design and Architecture exposure in building large scale internet applications
  • Strong People Management skills leading mid-size teams in a Product Development environment
  • Ability to work well with others, motivate other team members, and thrive in a dynamic and challenging work environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong Java/Scala/AWS and JavaScript development skills (preferred React, Node, ES6+)
  • Experience with agile development methodologies and Lean Startup product iteration techniques
  • Experience in designing, implementing and maintaining high performance, high availability (24x7), large-scale web based software applications
  • Passion for building greatworld class products
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to grasp and convey complex product requirements or technical concepts
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, agile development environment
  • Ability to partner with business units, product management, project management and cross-functional teams to deliver business results with agility and quality;
  • Ability to motivate skilled back end engineers and get the best out of them
  • Experience building and managing highly effective engineering teams, conducting performance reviews, making compensation decisions and recruiting talent
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to work on concurrent assignments with different priorities
  • Proven results oriented person with focus on customer experience and delivering quality products
  • Solid knowledge of algorithms and design patterns
  • Solid knowledge of web services (REST XML/JSON)
  • Strong Agile skills and proven track record for product delivery
  • Entrepreneurial drive, demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast paced environment
  • Demonstrated development team building and people management skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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