Engineer - Backend (Java)

What you need to know about the role:

We are seeking a Backend Engineer to join our Collections and Recovery Engineering group. The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in end-to-end Java backend development and will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of our software solutions. Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment are essential for success in this role. If you are passionate about software development and eager to advance your skills, we encourage you to apply. You will be responsible for working with a team of engineers in design, development, test, and deployment of a range of products. A successful candidate will have an established background in developing backend microservices, a strong technical ability, excellent project execution skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

Meet our team:

Collections Engineering team is responsible for building nextgen collections platform that is used by collection agents across PayPal - globally. We build platforms that get called across every interaction between PayPal and its users and partners. Our solutions need to scale across millions of such interactions, working with petabyte plus data, integrating with various other APIs in real time and yet providing high availability and configurability to the business. To achieve this we are always looking at advances in technology and science and tying those back to business needs.
You will be responsible for working with a team of engineers in design, development, test, and deployment of a range of products on web and mobile platforms. A successful candidate will have an established background in developing customer-facing experiences, a strong technical ability, excellent project execution skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.

• 5+ years experience building successful production software systems.
• Proficient in back-end development using Java EE technologies (e.g. Java language, application servers, servlet containers, JMS, JPA, etc.).
• Strong OOP skills, with ability to analyze requirements and transform into scalable software designs.
• Experience with HTTP, REST APIs and competent designing and building web services/microservices in a commercial setting.
• Cognizant of SQL and other/NoSQL/modern database and storage technologies. Desired understanding of Oracle, JDBC and ORM frameworks (e.g. Hibernate).
• Experience with Design Patterns, MVC and frameworks (e.g. Spring).
• Competent in design/implementation for reliability, availability, scalability and performance.
• Competent in software engineering tools (e.g. Java build tools) and best practices (e.g. unit testing, test automation, continuous integration, etc.).
• Should be a strong advocate of code craftsmanship, good coding standards and use of tools that will improve the quality of the delivered code
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Demonstrate a high level of curiosity, passion for technology, pride of ownership and strive for excellence
• Extra credit: Provide your GitHub account or code samples with your resume!

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