Director, Software Development

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

Job Description Summary:
About Us: At PayPal, we're redefining the future of finance through innovation and technology. Specifically, for Venmo, our mission is to revolutionize global commerce. Our core products, including PayPal and Venmo, are at the heart of our commitment to provide secure, fast, and convenient payment solutions to millions of customers worldwide. Join us in shaping the future of finance and be a part of a team where your work impacts lives daily. The Role We are seeking a visionary and dynamic leader to serve as our Senior Director of Engineering, spearheading our Experiences & Orchestration teams. This pivotal role involves leading these engineering teams and will report directly to the CTO of Venmo Engineering.

Job Description:
Key Responsibilities

• Leadership and Strategy: Lead a global team of engineers, setting a clear vision and strategy for the experiences and orchestration engineering teams. Foster a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Engineering Excellence: Oversee all aspects of engineering, ensuring the delivery of highly reliable, scalable, and secure financial products. Drive technical excellence, advocating for best practices in software development and architecture.
• Collaboration and Partnership: Work closely with business, product, and design teams to align engineering initiatives with company goals. Be a key player in strategic decision-making, ensuring technical systems meet the evolving demands of our customers and stay ahead of the competition.
• Operational and Financial Oversight: Ensure the organizational, execution, and financial health of the engineering teams. Manage budgets, resources, and timelines effectively, delivering projects on schedule and within cost constraints.
• Works backwards from the Customer: Always frames solutions in terms of solving specific customer needs. Understands the market and especially what “good looks like” across existing solutions in the market.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Proven experience in senior leadership roles within software engineering, preferably in the FinTech sector.
• Strong technical background in developing solutions across distributed systems, with advanced experience within mobile and web.
• Excellent strategic thinking, with the ability to lead and inspire teams across global locations.
• Inspirational leadership and management that constantly raises the bar of self, team and peers.
• Ability to assess talent at all stages of the employee life cycle - starting from recruiting and hiring through off-boarding.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability - anticipates, finds and solves key business challenges through innovative strategy and tactics.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including business, product, and design.
• Strong financial acumen, with experience managing budgets and resources for large engineering teams.
• Outstanding communication skills, capable of conveying complex technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders.
  
  
  

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 $144800 to $319000

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:

To learn more about our culture and community visit https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/default.aspx

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

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 paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.

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