Manager, Software Development 2

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to revolutionize commerce globally to make moving money, selling and shopping, personalized and secure. 

Job Description Summary:

As an Engineering leader, you would be responsible for leading a team of engineers in ideating and envisioning, design, development, test and deployment of a range of services in the GML platform. A successful candidate will have an established background in developing Java backend applications, a strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.

Job Description:

What you need to know about the role:

As an Engineering leader, you would be responsible for leading a team of engineers in ideating and envisioning, design, development, test and deployment of a range of services in the GML platform. A successful candidate will have an established background in developing Java backend applications, a strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.

Meet our team:

The GML team (Global Merchant Lending) is part of SMB & Financial Services group within PayPal. The Team owns a variety of Lending Products like PayPal Working Capital, PayPal Business Loan etc. operating in markets across the world. GML products give SMBs, the access to the capital they need, but faster and easier than traditional loans. The impact we have on our customers’ businesses is what drives us to innovate. 

Your way to impact:

• Successful candidates will be strong leaders who can prioritise well, communicate clearly and have a consistent track record of delivery.
• Responsible for the over-all systems development life cycle of a key services and applications in GML.
• Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments.
• Play a key role in the broader architectural and design decision making processes.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Management of departmental resources, staffing, mentoring, enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team.
• Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach.
• Report on status of development, quality, operations and system performance to management.
• Bring fresh ideas for how to continuously improve our software and the team.
• Advocate for ways to remediate technical debt on an ongoing basis.
• Mentor and train engineers to foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

In your day-to-day role you will:

• Facilitating and driving key technology decisions with senior technology stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a fast paced agile development environment. 
• Excellent communication skills and ability to grasp and convey complex product requirements or technical concepts. 
• Recruiting, retaining and managing highly effective engineering teams, conducting performance reviews and making compensation decisions. 
• Be a mentor, technical and thought leader for a talented team of back end engineers, challenging them and helping them grow.
• Ability to partner with business units, product management, program management and cross-functional teams to deliver business results with agility and high quality balancing aggressive roadmap against engineering principles.
• Building a culture of learning and sharing technology insights across the technology teams.
• Driving consistent practices in hiring, training and development across the technology organisation. 
• Bring innovation to the table that helps in improving the products/services you are responsible for. 
• Looking for continuous improvement in productivity and quality. 
• Deep collaboration with cross functional engineering and product teams to evolve the GML platform. 
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work on concurrent assignments with different priorities. 

What Do You Need to Bring

• BS/MS in Computer Science with 12+ years of working experience. 
• 3+ years of experience in managing and growing engineering teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Demonstrated team building and people management skills.
• Knowledge of  React/Node/Javascript and related back-end technologies like Backend Java, web services (REST/JSON/GraphQL). 
• Experience leading and managing systems supporting scalability and availability.
• Hands-on experience in managing engineering health.
• Proven results-oriented person with focus on customer experience and delivering quality products. 
• 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. 

**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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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

Who We Are:

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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. For more information, visit  ,   and  .

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 .

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