Software Engineer, Routing Platform

PayPal is a leading global commerce company that has been transforming how money is moved and managed for over 25 years. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join their Routing Platform team, focusing on modernizing their routing infrastructure and ensuring high reliability and performance of their systems.ResponsibilitiesAssist in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based systems to support scalable and reliable applicationsAnalyze and improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of systems within cloud environmentsDevelop and maintain automated processes to streamline deployment, configuration, and monitoring of cloud-based infrastructureUtilize monitoring tools to ensure the health and performance of applications, addressing any issues promptly to maintain reliabilityWork closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure cloud infrastructure aligns with business and technical requirementsEvaluate and implement strategies to scale systems efficiently in response to business needs and traffic demandsInvestigate and resolve system-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime and consistent system availabilityContribute to the evaluation and integration of cloud services and tools to enhance infrastructure capabilitiesMaintain comprehensive documentation of systems, configurations, and operational procedures to support team collaboration and knowledge sharingContribute to the technical migration of existing Golang and Java-based routing services to a next-generation Kubernetes-native API gateway platform, ensuring zero-downtime transitionsDesign, develop, and maintain cloud-native routing configurations, policies, and automation tooling including rate limiting, request/response transformation, and traffic shapingImplement modern authentication and authorization patterns including JWT, workload identity, and claims-based routing to enable secure service-to-service communicationDevelop and maintain observability tooling, dashboards, and alerting to ensure platform healthPartner with cross-functional teams to validate routing requirements and ensure business continuityContribute to self-service automation capabilities to reduce manual operational overhead across routing systemsParticipate in on-call rotations and support operational reliability of the Routing PlatformSkills1+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience1+ year of software engineering experience with a focus on platform engineering and API gateway systemsProficiency in Golang and Java, with experience maintaining or migrating production-grade servicesFamiliarity with API gateway platforms — experience with Envoy, Istio, Gloo Gateway, or kgateway is a strong plusHands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies (GKE, EKS, or equivalent)Experience with modern security protocols including JWT, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, and zero-trust principles in API gateway or service mesh environmentsExperience with performance benchmarking, latency analysis, and capacity planning for high-throughput distributed systemsExperience with CI/CD pipelines (Harness, Jenkins, or similar)Strong understanding of networking concepts: HTTP/2, gRPC, TLS, load balancing, and traffic managementExperience with observability stacks such as DataDog, OpenTelemetry, or PrometheusExperience with large-scale platform migrations in a high-traffic production environmentFamiliarity with Helm, Terraform, or GitOps-based deployment workflowsPrior experience contributing to or working alongside open-source API gateway projects such as Envoy or kgatewayBackground in fintech or payments infrastructureBenefitsFlexible work environmentEmployee shares optionsHealth and life insuranceCompany OverviewPayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide. It was founded in 1998, and is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.paypal.com/home.Company H1B SponsorshipPayPal has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1144 in 2025, 917 in 2024, 775 in 2023, 921 in 2022, 1051 in 2021, 1049 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.



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