For over 25 years, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has been revolutionizing global commerce—simplifying money movement, making shopping seamless, and enabling businesses and consumers to transact securely across 200+ markets worldwide. Today, it connects hundreds of millions of merchants and customers through innovative and scalable payment solutions.
At PayPal, Software Engineers solve complex challenges at scale that power real-time transactions, fraud detection, compliance, and digital money movement globally. The Backend Software Engineer role offers the opportunity to build high-performance systems that directly impact users worldwide, while growing your career in a supportive, inclusive culture.
💼 Role Overview: Software Engineer – Backend
📍 Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
🕒 Experience: Minimum 2 years professional backend software development
🧠 Role Type: Full-Time, Individual Contributor
📌 Job ID: R0129311
🔧 Key Responsibilities
- Implement backend services and features following the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Collaborate with peers, managers, and project leads to understand tasks, implement solutions, and ensure adherence to internal processes.
- Follow standard engineering practices for design, development, testing, and code reviews.
- Contribute to system architecture discussions and help ensure scalability and reliability.
- Write and maintain structured, well-documented, and efficient code.
- Identify, debug, and fix production issues in collaboration with senior engineers.
- Uphold PayPal’s standards of security, compliance, and customer-centric product excellence.
📚 Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of engineering experience with backend systems.
- Programming proficiency in at least one modern backend language (Java, Python, C++, etc.).
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, and SDLC principles.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and relational databases.
- Familiarity with containerized apps, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native environments.
- Contributions to code reviews and design discussions.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with ability to handle ambiguity.
🚀 Why Join PayPal?
- Work on backend systems that power secure payments across borders.
- Hybrid culture: 3 days in office, 2 days remote for flexibility.
- Inclusive, collaborative work environment with global impact.
- Strong benefits package including employee stock options, health & life insurance, retirement schemes, and parental leave.
- Learning, mentorship, and career growth opportunities in one of the world’s most trusted fintech companies.
