Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer - iOS

PayPal is seeking a Staff Software Engineer with a focus on iOS development to join our team in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. In this role, you will act as a project or system leader, guiding other engineers and defining technical tasks to achieve project objectives. You will be responsible for proactively improving existing structures and processes, exercising judgment to balance competing priorities (time, quality, complexity, risk) and identifying optimal solutions. A key part of this role involves noticing patterns and generalizing solutions to condense repetition. You will collaborate with management to establish and enhance standards for engineering rigor.

Responsibilities:

• Lead projects and systems, coordinating engineering activities.
• Determine technical tasks for other engineers.
• Achieve customer, operational, program, or service objectives through technical leadership.
• Proactively improve existing structures and processes.
• Reconcile diverse and competing priorities to find optimal solutions.
• Identify patterns and generalize solutions.
• Collaborate with management on engineering standards.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience with mobile payment technologies and integrations.
• Proficiency in Swift, SwiftUI, and Objective-C.
• Familiarity with continuous integration (Jenkins), application monitoring (Crashlytics and Fabric.io), mocking tools (Appium and Apiary).
• Experience with build tool development and enhancements.
• Proficiency in using unit testing and Cucumber tests for functional testing.
• Familiarity and comfort with iOS technologies, their trade-offs, and emerging design patterns.
• Knowledge of mobile performance optimization techniques.
• Experience with machine learning and AI in mobile applications is a plus.
• Strong ability to influence and inspire teams.