Paypal is hiring - Software Development Manager
Have you been playing in the Internet space - building enterprise class transactional
and interactive web sites that take millions of hits? We’re changing the paradigms at
PayPal and need YOU to help make that happen!
PayPal’s Consumer Technologies team is looking for experienced, high-octane,
passionate, skilled, results oriented technology leader to lead development team
working on some new features that will make Paypal's web site more interactive,
engaging and easier to use. There are leadership positions available in Austin, Texas
as well as Chennai, India. You will manage a product development team that will design
and develop some of the key consumer experiences on Paypal's website.
Specific job responsibilities are listed below:
● Work in a fast-paced environment with business, product managers and
designers to add new exciting features to the site or improve existing features.
● Lead, manage and motivate the development team to deliver on aggressive
goals with timely delivery and good quality.
● Work with product management, QA and other development teams to manage
dependencies and work towards a common goal.
● Be a mentor, technical leader and thought leader for a talented team of
engineers, challenging them and helping them grow.
● Look for continuous improvement in productivity and quality.
● Track business impact of features on a regular basis, and rely on performance
data to make informed decisions about possible changes or improvements.
● Bring innovation to the table that helps in improving user experience areas you
are responsible for, sell your ideas and be part of the change.
● Estimate development effort, plan implementation, track progress, provide status
to leadership and support product releases
● Manage design, deliverables and releases to ensure adherence to deadlines,
specifications and budgets; proactively identify and resolve resource conflict and
set priorities for parallel projects execution
● Work with product managers on any reprioritization and impact assessments
● Contribute in strategic and financial planning to achieve technological and
business objectives
● Continue to build, manage and develop a team of software engineers focused on
designing and developing web portal platform and self-service capabilities
You will be partnering with leaders and engineers constantly striving to tackle technical
challenges, getting user experience to the next level, and improve business metrics at
Paypal.
Job Requirements
● 4+ years of experience in managing a software development team.
● 10+ years of experience in software development.
● Experience in building complex, scalable and high performance web applications.
● Familiarity with languages and technologies needed for web development,
including Java, Javascript and CSS.
● Passion to build great user experiences
● Strong communication skills and ability to grasp and convey complex product
requirements or technical concepts.
● Ability to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment.
● Ability to partner with business units, product management and QA teams to
deliver business results with agility and quality.
● Ability to motivate skilled software engineers and get the best out of them.
● Ability to hire people with right skills needed for the job.
● Experience in designing, implementing and maintaining high performance, high
availability (24x7), large-scale web based software applications
● Experience building and managing highly effective software development teams,
conducting performance reviews, making compensation decisions and recruiting
talent
● Advanced technical skills including web application development, SQL expertise,
designing and developing web services, database and application performance
optimizations
● Prior open-source project experience is a plus
● Excellent command of software development life cycle activities including
analysis, design, development, unit and system testing, production deployment
and post-production support
● Strong time management skills and ability to work on concurrent assignments
with different priorities
● Proven results oriented person with a delivery focus
● Experience in building a team and processes, conducting code reviews
● Project leadership experience, including scoping and estimating, delegation and
status tracking

Interested candidates may apply to htripathi@ebay.com