Distinguished Platform Architect

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. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We 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.

Our 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.

Job Description Summary:
The Identity Engineering team is responsible for providing Identity & Access Management capabilities for PayPal users and partners. We design, develop, and enhance services that are used across every interaction between PayPal and its users and partners. Our solutions must scale across billions of such interactions, working with petabyte plus data, integrating with various other APIs in real-time and 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.

As a Distinguished Platform Architect of the Identity Engineering team, you will be a leading voice for Identity and resourceful to stakeholders throughout the organization. This role requires a strategic thinker who can drive innovation while ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a blend of technical depth, leadership experience, and business acumen, with a strong focus on customer-centric product development.
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
Architectural Leadership: Develop and execute the architectural strategy for PayPal's Identity platforms, aligning with enterprise-level goals and ensuring the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing systems.

Industry Engagement: Represent PayPal in key industry standards organizations (e.g., OpenID Foundation, IETF, FIDO Alliance, W3C), contributing to the evolution of identity management protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SCIM.

Technical Excellence: Lead core engineering functions, including code reviews, design proposals, code standards, testing strategies, and release processes, ensuring high-quality code delivery.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to align on vision, drive technical roadmaps, and ensure teams are equipped toexecutestrategic priorities.

Stakeholder Management: Build andmaintainstrong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including executives and senior leadership, to drive alignment between business and technicalobjectives.

Innovation & Vision: Stay ahead of industry trends and think creatively about integrating identity solutions within PayPal's broader ecosystem to improve customer experience and enhance security.

Qualifications:
Experience: 15-20 years of experience leading the engineering vision behind large-scale, customer-focused products, with a proventrack recordin identity management technologies and protocols.

Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of application design, architecture, and development, with related experience in network, security, infrastructure, and data architectures. Expert in identity standards (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM).SoftwareDevelopment: Proficient in large-scale software development, distributed architectures, and service-oriented ormicroservicearchitectures. Strong experience with web services (REST, SOAP), HTTP, and API design.

Development Best Practices: Strong object-oriented programming (OOP) skills, with experience using design patterns (e.g., MVC, Spring), SQL, and modern database technologies (NoSQL, Oracle). Competent in software engineering tools and practices, including unit testing, test automation, and continuous integration.

Leadership & Communication: Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence technical decision-making at the executive level and represent PayPal as a thought leader within the broader software development community.

Competency Requirements:
Strategic & Technical Vision: Ability to translate business strategy into a comprehensive technical vision and roadmap, while staying ahead of evolving threats and opportunities in the identity management space.

Innovation: A creative thinker who challenges conventional approaches and develops innovative solutions to future-proof PayPal's technology stack.

Collaborative Leadership: Proven ability to build andmaintainhealthy, productive partnerships with global teams, executives, and external stakeholders, aligning technical initiatives with businessobjectives.

Holistic Decision-Making: A strong orientation toward decisions thatbenefitthe entire organization, balancing resource optimization with long-term value creation.

PayPal is committed to fair andequitablecompensation practices.Actual compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.The total compensation for this position may include annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits.

For More information visithttps://www.paypalbenefits.com
Additional Job Description:

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PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visithttps://www.paypalbenefits.com .

The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is
$144800 to $319000

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 benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visithttps://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:
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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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. 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 ****** .

Belonging at PayPal:
Our 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.

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