Job Summary
This Senior Android Engineer role focuses on designing, implementing, and delivering state-of-the-art mobile payment experiences for PayPals Growth markets. The ideal individual contributor is an expert in native Android development, possessing deep knowledge of the Android framework, Kotlin, and modern app architecture. This role requires architecting responsive, secure mobile payment flows, implementing complex UI components, and optimizing performance across diverse devices, with essential expertise in background processing, local data persistence, and security best practices. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams while providing technical leadership to build innovative solutions that redefine how customers pay and get paid in PayPals hyper-growth markets.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
- Advises immediate management on project-level issues
- Guides junior engineers
- Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
- Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions
Expected Qualifications
- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Qualification
As an Android Senior Software Engineer, you will
- Drive innovation and technical excellence in mobile development.
- Lead complex mobile projects and teams.
- Collaborate with product leadership to define mobile product strategy.
- Mentor and develop high-performing engineering teams.
- Architect and implement scalable mobile solutions and Champion technical excellence and best practices.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging mobile technologies.
What you need to bring
- Bachelor s degree in computer science or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in mobile app development.
- Expert proficiency in Kotlin/Java (Android).
- Strong object-oriented skills including design, coding and testing patterns.
- Ability to design scalable, reliable, and maintainable software systems.
- Strong leadership and communication skills.
Personal Traits
- Be a quick learner undaunted by complex systems.
- Take risks and thrive in an environment of constant change.
- Contributed to building the complete life cycle of transaction processing preferably in payments domain.
- Exposure and participation in tech events, hackathons, contributions to open source, authoring of blogs and active participation in online tech forums is a plus.
Educational Qualifications BSCS or equivalent + 6 years of experience / MSCS + 4 years of experience in software development
Subsidiary
PayPal
Travel Percent
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Our Benefits
Who We Are
Belonging at PayPal
