Staff Software Engineer

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.Job Description Summary: What you need to know about the role: The Mobile Checkout SDK team is looking to hire a Staff Software Engineer, Android, to build the PayPal Mobile Checkout SDK. We are looking for Android engineers who are impassioned by the idea of working with a wide range of technologies. Meet our team: The Mobile Checkout SDK team is responsible for building SDKs that allow our merchant native apps to enable the PayPal Checkout experience natively on Android and iOS devices. The goal is to give our buyers the best in class, seamless, and secure mobile-first payment experience. We are a part of the Merchant SDK org that ships web, mobile, and server SDKs. These SDKs are meant to be the easiest and quickest way for our merchants to integrate with. With PayPal being the trusted brand for payments across the globe, having PayPal as an option during checkout increases conversion for merchants. You will be an integral part of the Merchant SDKs org helping both our merchants and the buyers, which is a unique experience of working within the broader Checkout org. You will be working alongside some of the brightest Android and iOS engineers.**Job Description**:**Your way to impact**:As a Checkout Mobile SDK team member, you will work on bringing delightful PayPal Checkout experiences to native mobile apps. This includes developing new features with rapid experimentation while ensuring we maintain a high quality of the SDK we ship. You will be responsible to design and develop these features in collaboration with design, product and analytics.**Your day-to-day**:- In your day-to-day, you will: Work with product and design teams to develop new ideas and explore new opportunities. Your opinion matters, and you'll have opportunities to have a say in how things are built out.- Experience building embeddable software development kits for others to consume and knowing the pros and cons of SDK development.- Experience with creating custom views.- Experience with complex or dynamic layouts in Android.- Experience with localization and internationalization.- Familiarity with animations.**What do you need to bring**:- Care strongly about developing amazing user experiences.- Deep understanding of Android concepts like UI lifecycles, Coroutines, and comfortable programming in Kotlin- Care about optimizing UI performance, experience with building custom views- Comfortable working with Android Studio or other comparable IDE of your choice and be willing to learn Jetpack Compose and other technologies for Android development- Experience in partnering with analytics and observability to ensure proper reportingOur 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.Who We Are:As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.