Staff iOS Engineer

The Company
PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:
As PayPal continues its mission to revolutionize commerce, we’re looking for a skilled Staff iOS Engineer to join our Wallet Mobile Engineering Organization. In this role, you’ll help shape the next generation of PayPal’s mobile wallet, a multi-year initiative that will reach hundreds of millions of users worldwide. You’ll lead architectural decisions, guide technical strategy, and collaborate with teams across PayPal to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative mobile experiences. If this sounds exciting, read on — the best is yet to come!

Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:

• Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
• Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
• Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
• Proactively improves existing structures & processes
• Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
• Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
• Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
• Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations
  
  
  

Expected Qualifications:

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
  
  

Additional Responsibilities And Preferred Qualifications
Meet the Team

In this role, you’ll join our NFC Mobile Engineering Team, a tight-knit group building PayPal’s next-generation contactless payment experiences. The team includes several Europe-based engineers and a Technical Project Manager. We’re expanding in Sweden to boost real-time collaboration, accelerate development and code reviews, and better support NFC testing and rollout across European markets. It’s a great opportunity to work with talented peers and make a meaningful impact on a multi-year product roadmap.

Your day-to-day

As a Staff iOS Engineer, you’ll get the opportunity to influence the technical direction of our mobile wallet and drive engineering excellence across the team. Day to day, you’ll be involved in:

• Designing and evolving the iOS architecture that powers PayPal’s mobile wallet
• Building high-quality, scalable iOS features using Swift and Objective-C.
• Partnering with product, design, and downstream engineering teams to define requirements and deliver world-class mobile experiences.
• Mentoring and coaching engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.
• Leading technical discussions, architectural reviews, and contributing to long-term mobile strategy.
• Driving experimentation, innovation, and best practices in mobile development.
  
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in iOS development.
• Strong expertise in Swift, Objective-C, and iOS architecture.
• Proven experience designing and delivering software platforms or libraries.
• Deep understanding of Cocoa frameworks, Xcode, and mobile development patterns.
• Strong object-oriented design, coding, and testing skills.
• Ability to design scalable, reliable, and maintainable mobile systems.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.
  
  
  

Get bonus points with…

• Experience with mobile payments, financial apps, or secure mobile integrations.
• Proficiency with React Native.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), monitoring tools (Crashlytics), and testing frameworks.
• Experience optimizing mobile performance at scale.
• A track record of influencing technical direction or driving mobile architecture.
  
  
  

We Believe in You!

Interested in knowing more? Don't hesitate to apply or/and let's talk – we'd love to get to know you!

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PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us.

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset-you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:

To learn more about our culture and community visit https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/default.aspx

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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].

Belonging at PayPal:

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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

REQ ID R0132783