Staff Software Engineer - iOS

PayPal • Austin, TX

36d • Hybrid

About The Position

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 Summary: We’re hiring a Staff iOS Engineer to guide the technical direction of commerce experiences in the Venmo iOS app. You’ll work closely with product designers, Android and backend engineers, and help several feature squads deliver fast, reliable, and accessible experiences. In this role you’ll have broad influence on patterns, tooling, and quality across mobile. 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: Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications: What You’ll Do Build, test, and ship features for Pay with Venmo and Business Profiles using Swift, SwiftUI, and Combine (with occasional Objective‑C touchpoints). Lead design discussions and code reviews, ensuring durable architectures and clean abstractions. Modernize our codebasemigrating UIKit to SwiftUI, adopting async/await, and improving build times. Partner with server teams to craft efficient GraphQL and REST APIs that keep the app fast and data‑savvy. Champion performance, accessibility, and reliability; measure what matters and keep our SLIs green. Mentor other iOS engineers through pairing, design sessions, and thoughtful feedback. Prototype new commerce ideas and AI‑powered features (Core ML, on‑device inference) and help bring successful spikes to production. Navigate ambiguity with curiosityframing trade‑offs clearly and charting a path forward when the problem statement is still evolving.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years building and shipping consumer iOS apps, with at least 2 years as a technical lead or staff‑level IC.
• Expert‑level Swift (and comfort reading Objective‑C) plus deep knowledge of SwiftUI, UIKit, Combine, async/await, and networking.
• A track record of raising the technical bar: introducing sound architecture patterns, automated tests, and healthy code‑review culture.
• Experience shipping complex features at scaleoffline‑first flows, concurrency, real‑time updates, or high‑fidelity animations.
• Familiarity with mobile AI/MLCore ML, on‑device inferenceor a willingness to learn and lead adoption.
• Ability to explain complex trade‑offs in plain language and align cross‑functional partners around a technical vision.
• Inclusive mindsetyou help teammates grow and design solutions that serve a diverse user base.

Nice To Haves

• Payments, risk, or fintech domain exposure.
• Experience optimizing App Store release pipelines and feature‑flag‑driven rollouts.
• Contributions to open‑source iOS libraries, conference speaking, or technical writing.
• Deep understanding of mobile accessibility and internationalization.

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
• Build, test, and ship features for Pay with Venmo and Business Profiles using Swift, SwiftUI, and Combine (with occasional Objective‑C touchpoints).
• Lead design discussions and code reviews, ensuring durable architectures and clean abstractions.
• Modernize our codebasemigrating UIKit to SwiftUI, adopting async/await, and improving build times.
• Partner with server teams to craft efficient GraphQL and REST APIs that keep the app fast and data‑savvy.
• Champion performance, accessibility, and reliability; measure what matters and keep our SLIs green.
• Mentor other iOS engineers through pairing, design sessions, and thoughtful feedback.
• Prototype new commerce ideas and AI‑powered features (Core ML, on‑device inference) and help bring successful spikes to production.
• Navigate ambiguity with curiosityframing trade‑offs clearly and charting a path forward when the problem statement is still evolving.

Benefits

• This role is also eligible for a range of benefits which may include, medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, parental and family leave, 401(k) savings plan, paid time off, and other 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees