Product Manager (Software Development)

About the position

PayPal, Inc. seeks Product Manager in San Jose, CA. The role involves driving software product execution for PayPal Payment platform's health and stability. Responsibilities include defining product requirements globally, representing software products to stakeholders, making tradeoff decisions based on technical and business insights, and writing clear specifications and user stories for complex features. The position requires collaboration with various internal stakeholders to understand customer needs and resolve technical challenges around global payment processing. The candidate will utilize specialized knowledge in software design patterns, REST API design, SQL and NoSQL databases, and various testing and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive software product execution for PayPal Payment platform's health and stability.
• Ensure product requirements are defined globally, with scale, SLAs, performance in mind.
• Represent software products to stakeholders and peers across PayPal.
• Evangelize payment platform product roadmap internally.
• Make tradeoff decisions based on technical and business insights.
• Write clear, detailed, and thorough specifications and user stories for complex features.
• Participate in the Quality Assurance process to ensure the final product meets business design.
• Work cross-functionally and build strong relationships with key customers.
• Design, build, and deploy the platform while working closely with engineering and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multiple internal stakeholders to understand and resolve technical challenges.

Requirements

• Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Three years of experience in the job offered, software engineer, or a related occupation.

Nice-to-haves

• Spring Framework
• JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• SQL and NoSQL
• JUnit and Mockito and API testing
• Software Design patterns
• REST API
• Maven and CI/CD
• Redis
• ActiveMQ
• Git

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Employee shares options
• Health and life insurance
• Commitment to fair and equitable compensation practices