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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.\nWe 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. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.\nWe offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.\nOur beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do - and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.\nJob Summary:\nWe’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to help shape the future of Commerce at Venmo.Millions of people already use Venmo to pay businesses, whether they’re paying a local business in the Venmo app or using Pay with Venmo at checkout. And we believe there’s a much bigger opportunity ahead.\nJob Description:\nEssential Responsibilities:\nManages multiple projects through direct reports and may directly manage individual software development projects. Ensures project delivery through supervision of costs, methods, and staffing\nSets operational targets that impact their group and drives operational rigor around engineering KPIs such as unit test coverage, uptime/resiliency targets, execution velocity\nResponsible for the delivery of projects and continuous improvement that impact up to three domains\nLeads the effort in resolving highly complex or unique technical situations that impact business success or addresses future concepts, products, or technologies\nCreates the roadmap for multiple scrum teams. Responsible for turning a high-level operational strategy into a well-defined resourcing plan\nDemonstrates perseverance in pursuing difficult, complex, or ambiguous goals or problems, applying advanced analytical thought and judgment.\nCollaborates with direct team, managers in org, stakeholders, managers in other orgs and business stakeholders\nMinimum Qualifications:\n8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.\nExperience leading others\nAdditional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:\nVenmo has always made payments between people simple and social. We want to bring more of that experience to commerce, making it easier for customers to discover and pay businesses they care about, and giving merchants better ways to reach and engage Venmo customers.\nYou’ll own engineering for a big part of that experience. You’ll partner closely with Product and Design to define what we build, set the technical direction with your engineering team, and turn ideas into products that operate at Venmo scale.\nThis isn’t a role where everything is already mapped out. We have clear business goals and a strong foundation, but there are still important product and technical questions to answer. We’re looking for someone who is comfortable with that ambiguity and wants to help chart the course.\nWhat You’llDo\nLead and develop an engineering team responsible for building and scaling Venmo Commerce products used by millions of customers and businesses\nPartner closely with Product, Design, Analytics, and business teams to identifycustomer problems, shape the roadmap, and turn ideas into products\nOwn the technical direction for your area, working with senior engineers and architects to make decisions that balance speed, simplicity, reliability, and long-term scale\nBuild a strong teamthrough hiring, coaching, regular feedback, career development, and thoughtful organizational design\nGive engineers clear ownership and the context and autonomy to make good decisions\nDrive execution across complex initiatives, identifyrisks early, and help the team navigate dependencies and changing priorities\nMaintaina high bar for engineering quality, reliability, security, and operational excellence\nMake thoughtful trade-offs when there isn’tan obvious answer and communicate those decisions clearly\nWork across Venmo and PayPal when solving problems that span products, platforms, or organizations\nBuild a culture where people challenge assumptions, learn quickly, take ownership, and care deeply about the customer experience\nHelp the team use AI effectively in how we build software, from development and testing to debugging and operations, while applying good judgment about where AI adds value and where it doesn’t\nWhat We’reLooking For\nSignificant experienceleading software engineering teams and delivering complex products at scale\nA track recordof building, developing, and retainingstrong engineering teams\nStrong technical judgment. You don’tneed to be writing code every day, but you should be able to go deep when needed, ask the right questions, and guide teams through difficult architecture and engineering decisions\nExperience building large-scale distributed systems and familiarity with modern mobile, web, and backend architectures\nExperience taking products or major capabilities from idea through launch, iteration, and scale\nStrong product instincts and a customer-first mindset. You think about the problem we’resolving before the technologywe’reusing to solve it\nAI fluency and hands-on experience using modern AI tools in software development. You understand their strengths and limitations and can help a team adopt them thoughtfully to improve engineering velocity and quality\nComfort operatingin ambiguity, bringing structure to complex problems, and adjusting as customer and business priorities evolve\nStrong cross-functional leadership skills and the ability to build trust with Product, Design, business, and engineering partners\nClear communication and the ability to explain complex technical decisions to different audiences\nA consistent track recordof delivering on commitments without sacrificing engineering quality or the health of the team\nNice to Have\nExperience with payments, fintech, or other highly availablefinancial systems\nExperience building consumer products at significant scale\nBackground in commerce, marketplaces, social products, or platform businesses\nExperience building products or tools for merchants and small businesses\nExperience working in both fast-moving and large-scale engineering environments\nExperience leading teams across multiple locations or time zones\nSubsidiary:\nVenmoTravel Percent:\n0-\nThe base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:Primary Location | Pay Range:\nSan Jose, California: ($196,500.00 - $291,500.00 Annually)Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:\nAustin, Texas: ($178,500.00 - $265,100.00 Annually)Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.\nPayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us.\nFor 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.\nOur Benefits:\nAt 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.\nWho We Are:\nClick Here to learn more about our culture and community.\nCommitment to Diversity and Inclusion\nPayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at .\nBelonging at PayPal:\nOur employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.\nAny general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.\nWe know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. 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