Frontend Software Engineer

Job Description

Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal s 375 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. 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.The Role - Frontend Software Engineer at Venmo The Tools team is responsible for the applications and services that are critical to Venmo s operations, including Fraud and Venmo customer support. As a Frontend Engineer, you will assist us in creating delightful user experiences for our customers. You will build innovative, problem-solving software from the ground up that will power our team that is growing rapidly in the US and internationally. The apps we build directly help our colleagues support and protect Venmo users. The Tools team is looking for self-motivated software engineers to join the team and help build low-latency, high-throughput web applications to grow our new platform. The ideal candidate will be a web developer with strong experience in React.JS with proficiency in HTML/CSS and supporting front-end technologies like ReactJS.The Role - Frontend Software Engineer at VenmoThe Tools team is responsible for the applications and services that are critical to Venmo s operations, including Fraud and Venmo customer support. As a Frontend Engineer, you will assist us in creating delightful user experiences for our customers. You will build innovative, problem-solving software from the ground up that will power our team that is growing rapidly in the US and internationally. The apps we build directly help our colleagues support and protect Venmo users.The Tools team is looking for self-motivated software engineers to join the team and help build low-latency, high-throughput web applications to grow our new platform. The ideal candidate will be a web developer with strong experience in React.JS with proficiency in HTML/CSS and supporting front-end technologies like ReactJS.What You ll Do

• Design and development of frontend features and components for bespoke web applications
• Work with Product and Design counterparts to bring features from conception to launch
• Write clean, high-quality code and tests while keeping the user experience fast and reliable
• Build the optimal design and model for the UI that incorporates responsive design and accessibility concerns
• Help triage bugs, track software defects, and ensure their timely resolution
• Participate in development life cycle activities like design, coding, testing and production release
• Define and steward technical standards and code quality
• Conduct peer code reviews for pull requests

What We re Looking For

• 3+ years total experience delivering large-scale JavaScript web applications
• Experience building single page applications with modern JS frameworks and libraries (React, Angular, Webpack, etc.).
• Experience with HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Bootstrap, and cross-browser and device development.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design and programming concepts, core JavaScript concepts like scope/closures, the event loop and asynchronous callbacks, promises.
• Have a passion for quality and writing clean, solid, readable code that scales and performs well. Strong desire to learn, think creatively, and share knowledge with others.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
• Bonus: Experience with test automation: TDD, unit/integration/functional testing.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please dont hesitate to apply.Were a purpose-driven company whose beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We hold ourselves to our One Team Behaviors which demand that we hold the highest ethical standards, to empower an open and diverse workplace, and strive to treat everyone who is touched by our business with dignity and respect. Our employees challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find solutions. We want to break down barriers to financial empowerment. Join us as we change the way the world defines financial freedom.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 paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.R0070430 ,

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