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 Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

  • A hands-on technical leader responsible for architecting, implementing, and scaling next-generation payment experiences for PayPals Growth markets
  • The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of iOS expertise with distinguished accomplishments in building complex financial applications and a proven track record of technical innovation
  • you'll define the technical strategy for iOS architecture, establish engineering standards, and drive system-level decisions that balance security, performance, and user experience excellence
  • Beyond exceptional mastery of Swift, UIKit/SwiftUI, and iOS platform capabilities, you'll pioneer sophisticated solutions for complex payment flows, mentor engineering teams, and act as the technical authority on iOS best practices
  • As a key individual contributor, you'll collaborate strategically with cross-functional leadership while serving as the bridge between business objectives and technical implementation

As a MTS 1, Software Engineer, you will:

  • Architect transformative payment experiences that set industry standards for security, performance, and user experience
  • Lead critical iOS initiatives from conception to delivery while mentoring engineering teams
  • Partner with leadership to influence product roadmaps and technical strategy across global markets
  • Establish iOS architecture patterns, coding standards, and quality frameworks that elevate the entire mobile organization
  • Drive innovation through technical spikes, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts for emerging payment solutions
  • Champion complex refactoring initiatives that improve maintainability and engineering velocity
  • Identify and resolve systemic technical challenges that impact multiple teams or projects
  • Serve as a technical authority in cross-functional planning and design reviews

What you need to bring:

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 8+ years of professional iOS development experience, with significant contributions to large-scale applications
  • Exceptional expertise in Swift, with deep understanding of iOS internals, memory management, and performance optimization
  • Proven track record architecting complex iOS applications with multiple feature teams
  • Experience implementing secure payment flows, strong authentication, and financial data handling
  • Advanced knowledge of UI/UX best practices, accessibility, and internationalization
  • Strong background in test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and release management for iOS applications
  • Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions across organizational boundaries
  • Outstanding communication skills with experience translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences

Personal Traits

  • Be a quick learner undaunted by complex systems.
  • Take risks and thrive in an environment of constant change.
  • Contributed to building the complete life cycle of transaction processing preferably in payments domain.
  • Exposure and participation in tech events, hackathons, contributions to open source, authoring of blogs and active participation in online tech forums is a plus.

Educational Qualifications

  • BSCS or equivalent + 8 years of experience / MSCS + 6 years of experience in software development

Job Classification

Industry: FinTech / Payments
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA,
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Software Development - Other
Employement Type: Full time

Contact Details:

Company: Paypal
Location(s): Chennai

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Keyskills:   Coding Memory management ios development Open source IOS payment solutions Release management MTS

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