Be required to quickly ramp-up on the many different components/services - built on different technology stacks, Operations Systems and use different build and deploy pipelines - to add new features and fix issues.
Be able to work closely with the users of the system to understand their problems and exercise empathy and maturity while working with them to solve the problems.
Continue to work with the Architects to guide the vision and direction for the Observability team technically.
Collaborate with other engineers on code reviews, internal infrastructure improvements and process enhancements.
Understand the different use cases for the Observability Domain across the different teams and help guide evaluation and adoption of a next generation Observability Platform for PayPal that is scalable, reliable and fault tolerant.
Help with evaluation using Proof of Concept on the different options/solutions selected that should solve for all the use cases.
Ensure minimal operational overhead by automating maintenance tasks with easily manageable configurations, solving scalability bottlenecks to improve performance and maximize system availability by ensuring functional and performance SLAs.
Design, implement, and test complex, multi-tier distributed software application frameworks collaboratively with peers and technical leaders.
Be able to troubleshoot and help fix performance, scalability, and other live issues in a very time critical environment.
Be able to work collaboratively with team members to achieve end vision.
Be part of the interview team to hire and build a world class engineering team that will make an impact on how we do engineering at PayPal.
What do you need to bring:
BS in EE/CS or equivalent work experience and successful completion of major projects for which you can show code examples.
3+ years experience in developing large scale applications is an ideal candidate.
Very strong foundational knowledge in Object-Oriented Design Principles, Data Structures, Algorithms, SQL/NoSQL, Operating Systems, and Software Engineering.
Have a passion for quality and writing clean and solid code that scales and performs well.
Strong desire to learn, push the envelope, and share knowledge with others. Ability to mentor and up level team members.
Ability to isolate errors by trouble-shooting the application stack from application to framework to underlying infrastructure dependencies and network.
Experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Experience with REST API, GIT, Docker, Jenkins, and Spring boot.
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong applied experience. Youve built, broken, and rebuilt software applications. Were looking for creative thinkers who also know how to create real-world products