Sr Staff Software Engineer

PayPal

San Jose, California, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-21 → 2026-09-29

Core

Own Venmo's identity infrastructure, ensuring trust, safety, and compliance for every transaction on the platform.

Role type

Sr Staff Software Engineer (Identity & Security)

Builds

Authentication, authorization, identity verification, and fraud risk systems for Venmo

Domain

Fintech, Payments, Identity Management

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Security engineering, Technical strategy, Cross-team leadership, Regulatory compliance translation, System reliability, On-call incident management

Preferred skills

OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, FIDO2/WebAuthn, Backend systems (Python, Java, Go), AWS, KYC/AML/GDPR/PCI implementation, Mentoring senior engineers

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