Description
PayPal is hiring a Principal Engineer to serve as the technical authority for Venmo’s data platform infrastructure and performance engineering. The role owns technology vision, architecture, and hands-on engineering for mission-critical databases, data pipelines, messaging systems, caching infrastructure, and performance systems supporting real-time payment processing at massive scale. It is a deeply individual-contributor role with broad organizational influence, technical strategy, AI-first engineering leadership, and mentorship responsibilities. The position is based in San Jose or Austin, California, with a hybrid work model and annual base pay ranging from $198,000 to $323,950 depending on location.
