Big Data Software Engineer

Who we are

 

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives. We’re a purpose-driven company, and our beliefs are the foundation of how we conduct business every day. We’re guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Collectively, these values inspire us to work together as One Team with our customers at the center of everything we do, and to take care of ourselves, each other, and the communities in which we live and work. We challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find solutions. Join us as we enable the hopes, dreams, and ambitions of millions of people around the world.

 

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Job Description Summary:

Global Data Sciences (GDS) is the largest group in PayPal’s Enterprise Services organization. The team comprises data researchers, analysts, modelers, and software engineers. GDS is in charge of implementing unique, best-of-breed fraud-detection algorithms using cutting-edge technologies, and delivering systems which are highly available, scalable, distributed, and process data at web scale to aid in detecting and preventing all forms of fraud and risk affecting the PayPal $240B payments network.

Job Description:

What does Success Look Like?

Come join our team and take the lead on some of our most exciting data engineering and analytics projects, including:

• Design and build massive Big Data analytical solutions utilizing graph, machine learning and text mining algorithms.
• Design and build Data infrastructures and tools leveraging Big Data industry standards and cutting edge frameworks 

• Work side by side with analysts to extract meaningful and actionable insights from PayPal data.
• Lead analytical projects from inception through research, development and all the way to production on PayPal’s data processing infrastructure

We are Looking for people who are:

• passionate for about technology and for developing robust, scalable, state of the art software systems
• highly motivated, goal driven and have posses a  can-do approach
• Innovative, entrepreneurial, team player, great at Ability to multi-tasking, curious and open minded

About You

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

Qualifications:

• B.Sc. in computer sciences/ mathematics or equivalent; or IDF technological unit technology experience
• Proven development experience in Java or/ Scala
• 4+ years' experience building production software systems
• Linux / other *nix - hands-on experience
• Hands on Some experience with different databases solutions (SQL/NOSQL)
• Excellent English (written and verbal)

Advantages:

• Hands on experience with Big Data and Streaming technologies: Hadoop / Spark / ElasticSearch
• Design and architecture experience, as well as knowledge and experience with object oriented design patterns
• Experience working on large-scale application deployments and performance tuning.
• Experience in text mining/machine learning / graph algorithms

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

0

Primary Location:

Tel Aviv - Yigal Alon St, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Additional Locations:

For more than 20 years, PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, our open digital payments platform gives PayPal’s 400 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying, or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom, enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].