Sr Software Engineer – CPE

Postgres
UNITED STATES
November 5, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: PayPal
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $123,500.00 – $183,700.00 Annually

About the Role

PayPal is revolutionizing commerce globally. This role owns the software Credit Production Engineering runs on, delivering complete solutions across all phases of the SDLC for CPE’s internal platforms, acting as a product owner for the codebases.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations).
  • Own the PostgreSQL schema and data layer behind CPE’s retrieval platform, including schema design, migrations, roles and grants, indexing and query performance.
  • Design, build, and operate new services that reduce team toil on repetitive and manual work.
  • Carry the knowledge base platform from pre-production to production, including monitoring, backup and restore.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Demonstrated ownership of a production codebase—accountability for design, review, tests, deployment, and upkeep.
  • Working fluency in both Shell scripting, Python and TypeScript.
  • Depth in databases: schema design, migrations, roles and grants, indexing and query performance, and running a database in production including backup and restore.
  • Production experience with cloud infrastructure—AWS and GCP are in play—including deployment and observability.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications (if applicable)

  • PostgreSQL + pgvector or another vector store (embeddings, similarity search, index tuning).
  • Retrieval systems or LLM tooling.
  • Managed Postgres at scale (Cloud SQL, RDS, Aurora).
  • Alerting and monitoring platforms (Datadog, Splunk, PagerDuty).

Benefits & Perks (if applicable)

  • Comprehensive, choice-based programs supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
  • Generous paid time off and healthcare coverage for you and your family.
  • Flexible, balanced hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 days flexible).

PayPal 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.

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