Software Engineer

PayPal is hiring a Software Engineer in Chennai.

The Company 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. We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. W

Requirements

• 1+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

Your way to impact In this role, you’ll build scalable, reliable platforms and services that strengthen system reliability and improve engineering productivity across PayPal’s Site Reliability Engineering organization. Your work will enable automation at scale, reduce operational toil, and deliver real-time insights that help engineers across the business. Familiarity with AI or GenAI is a plus, and you’ll have opportunities to apply it where it adds value. As an engineer in AI Ops & Engineering, you’ll contribute to how reliability engineering evolves at PayPal, helping shape architecture, best practices, and product direction. You’ll be part of a collaborative, high-performance team that brings modern technology into mission-critical environments.

Your day to day In your day-to-day role, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and platforms for Site Reliability use cases using Java.
• Build and deploy production-grade applications and RESTful APIs that are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and SRE teams to translate reliability pain points into effective engineering solutions.
• Contribute to system design and architecture decisions that ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Write clean, well-tested code, participate in code reviews, and follow engineering best practices.
• Share knowledge within the team.
• Where relevant, explore opportunities to apply AI/GenAI to improve automation and engineering workflows.

What do you need to bring-

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of AI/GenAI concepts such as LLMs, prompt engineering, or RAG.
• Familiarity with tools like Python, LangChain, or LLM APIs.

Subsidiary: PayPal Travel Percent: 0

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For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

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 comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.

About PayPal

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