Our team is committed to the smooth and reliable operation of Venmo’s infrastructure and applications, encompassing operations, automation, security, compliance, and release engineering. While our focus is mainly on Cloud Engineering, elements of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps principles are integral to our scope. As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer, you will set the strategic direction and lead our most technical initiatives. You will drive technical excellence across the team and act as the top-level mentor for all engineers within Venmo's Cloud Engineering and DevOps group. You will be expected not just to lead initiatives but also to shape Venmo's next-generation infrastructure while maintaining hands-on technical involvement. You will work closely with product and engineering leadership to define and execute strategies that ensure scalability, long-term reliability, and unparalleled efficiency for our cloud solutions.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Makes technical decisions affecting multiple teams, crossing organizational boundaries
• Establishes conventions & processes to be followed by other employees
• Actions determine the utilization of company resources (people, money, assets) and affect the effectiveness of the company
• Handles multiple, multi-team initiatives simultaneously, using judgement to prioritize among more issues than can be handled individually.
• Understands evolving industry capabilities & practices and can judiciously apply up--to-date information for optimal results
• Competent at communicating technical issues with non-technical audiences
• Spreads their behavior, principles, and knowledge as a means of improving technical results of other employees (via many means – modeling behavior, 1:1s, working sessions, quality documentation)
• Partners with product management, to ideate solutions to business problems & goals

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

At Venmo, we are creating a product that redefines how people think about payments. We strive to deliver an outstanding user experience while empowering people to connect seamlessly with each other and the world. We are looking for highly passionate and intellectually curious individuals who want to innovate, solve complex problems, and inspire a team to achieve groundbreaking results. At this level, you will be instrumental in shaping the technical vision, strategy, and operational effectiveness of our infrastructure and cloud services.

By joining Venmo as a Sr. Staff Software Engineer, you’ll play an instrumental role in shaping the future of payments infrastructure. Every day, you’ll advance our capacity to deliver delightful, scalable, and secure user experiences to millions of people globally. Your contributions will amplify Venmo’s capabilities and empower the development teams to thrive while building the systems that users love.