Sr Software Engineer

Join PayPal as a Senior Software Engineer in Chennai, TN, India, and play a pivotal role in delivering end-to-end software solutions. You will guide junior engineers, make critical technical decisions based on industry best practices, and operate with a high degree of autonomy. This role requires extensive experience in native iOS application development, with deep expertise in Swift, UIKit/SwiftUI, and iOS architecture patterns. You will be instrumental in architecting intuitive and secure mobile payment flows, implementing sophisticated UI components, and optimizing performance across Apple devices. A strong command of concurrency, memory management, and security best practices is essential.

As an individual contributor, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams including business, product, analytics, UX design, and engineering, while demonstrating technical leadership. Your responsibilities will include driving innovation, leading complex mobile projects, defining mobile product strategy in collaboration with product leadership, and mentoring high-performing engineering teams. You will also architect and implement scalable mobile solutions and champion technical excellence and best practices, staying abreast of emerging mobile technologies.

Ideal candidates possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in mobile app development. Expert proficiency in Swift/Objective-C, strong object-oriented skills (design, coding, testing patterns), and the ability to design scalable, reliable, and maintainable software systems are required. A thorough understanding of Xcode, along with strong leadership and communication skills, is crucial. You should be a quick learner, unafraid of complex systems, and comfortable taking risks in a dynamic environment. Experience in building the complete lifecycle of transaction processing, preferably in the payments domain, is highly desirable. Contributions to tech events, hackathons, open source projects, blogs, and online tech forums are considered a plus.