The CompanyPayPal 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 Summary:This job increases the effectiveness of software engineers, sets the technology roadmap, adapts roles to achieve technical goals, provides advice to senior executives, handles ambiguous situations, uses exploratory research for decisions, identifies improvement opportunities, mentors others, and enhances organizational performance.
Job Description:Essential Responsibilities: - Increases results & effectiveness of all software engineers in a large domain
- Sets the technology roadmap for a domain
- Adapts their role to the need, selecting the most effective means of realizing their technical goals
- Provides advice and counsel to senior executives within PayPal, influencing the development of multi-year business strategies
- Exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments and takes initiative to achieve results
- Handles ambiguous and unfamiliar situations and uses creativity to deliver decisive resolutions
- Uses discovery & exploratory research, not being limited to technical domains, to make successful decisions
- Identifies themes & trends that span projects and teams, and finds broadly impactful opportunities for improvement
- Uses professional savvy to determine when industry-standard solutions can be adopted, versus when a problem space warrants a novel solution ("build/buy")
- Mentor others as a means of propagating technical influence, and to enhance the performance of their organization
Minimum Qualifications:- Minimum of 15 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualification:Job Description Summary:What you need to know about the role:
We are hiring a Technical Director to lead engineering across our promotions platform. This leader will own core infrastructure and services for promotions, loyalty, rewards, including core GCP infrastructure support. You will drive technical strategy, guide architecture, and lead a team delivering high-scale systems across the PayPal ecosystem.
We are looking for a seasoned technical leader to direct and lead core initiatives across the promotion's platform organization, including core infrastructure and services for promotions platform, loyalty, and rewards. This leader will drive enterprise-scale engineering programs with direct consumer impact, shape the long-term architecture and development strategy, and work cross-functionally to enable innovation, scale, and excellence across our engineering teams.
Job Description:Meet our team:The Promotion Platform organization is within the Consumer Platform Org and is central to how PayPal delivers value to hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We are building the frameworks, systems, and intelligence that power PayPal's core consumer experiencesfrom the foundational technologies that support app performance and developer productivity, to the personalization and loyalty systems that drive engagement and delight. Our mission is to make every interaction meaningful by building platforms that are intelligent, extensible, and seamlessly integrated across the PayPal ecosystem.
Your Way to Impact:We are looking for an experiencedtechnology individual witha track recordof directingand executing technology organizations. You willhelp create and drive the technologystrategy and roadmap for the PayPal promotion platform and ensure that teams and individuals work towards the shared strategy. You'll collaborate closely with product, design, data science, and other engineering teams to define the technical roadmap and deliver world-class ad technology.
Your Day to Day: - Direct the execution of a high performing engineering organization responsible for the promotions platform.
- Define and execute the software development strategy across multiple domains in alignment with PayPal's enterprise priorities.
- Own end-to-end delivery of large-scale, high-impact programs, ensuring architectural integrity, performance, and maintainability.
- Build strong relationships with cross-functional executives to align technology investments with business outcomes.
- Drive the organizational roadmap for your domain; ensure alignment with company-wide strategy.
- Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and high accountability.
- Serve as a thought leader and advisor to senior executives across engineering and product.
What You Bring: - Degree in Computer Science, or related technical field. Advanced degree preferred.
- 12+ years of experience in engineering and building platforms at scale.
- 7+ experience in leading technical organizations.
- Strong architectural and operational understanding of cloud-native infrastructure and platform engineering.
- Experience directing roadmaps for multiple domains with enterprise-wide impact.
- Exceptional communication, collaboration, and executive stakeholder management skills.
- A track record of translating strategic business goals into high-impact engineering roadmaps.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguity and drive clarity across complex, cross-functional environments.
Subsidiary:PayPal
Travel Percent:0
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 US national annual pay range for this role is $188,000 to $323,950
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.
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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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