The Company
Pay Pal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, Pay Pal 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. Pay Pal 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 Pay Pal or Venmo account balance, Pay Pal 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 Pay Pal, 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: This job participates in complex problem resolution and leads projects of diverse scope requiring an understanding of current business trends. They determine methods and procedures for new or special assignments and drive global process improvements through data-driven insights.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead complex data engineering projects, ensuring they meet business objectives and deliver actionable insights.
• Develop advanced data architectures and pipelines to analyze large datasets and solve complex business problems.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to identify data-driven opportunities for business growth and efficiency.
• Implement best practices for data management, analysis, and visualization.
• Ensure data governance and compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to the data engineering team.

Expected Qualifications:

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

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications: A CL8 IC is critical to scaling data management capabilities and driving high-impact, cross-functional initiatives that shape the future of data at GCSC Risk. This role provides technical leadership, strategic alignment, and advanced problem-solving at an org-wide level.

A multiplier within the organization, a CL8 mentors teams, leads foundational initiatives, and fosters IC communities to scale best practices across GCSC Risk, while also creating a clear career path for individual contributors. They define the technical vision for multiple teams, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives and partnering with business leaders to refine and execute a cohesive data strategy. Their ability to simplify complex problems for a broader audience makes them an invaluable resource in org-wide discussions.

A CL8 operates with full autonomy on high-impact, complex technical projects that few others can tackle. They identify systemic technical issues, set strategic technical directions, and drive resolutions that improve data infrastructure across GCSC Risk and Pay Pal.
To successfully execute on cross-org initiatives that elevate data engineering, we need a T27 who can innovate, drive technical strategy, and ensure that our systems are scalable, efficient, and aligned with GCSC Risk’s broader goals.

Job Description:

Meet our team: As the Senior Staff Engineer, Global Risk Data Management within the Credit Infrastructure and Data organization, you will implement common data practices across functional areas that drives standardization, quality, ease of access, accelerates governance practices by treating data as a product and facilitates a data-driven culture across Pay Pal where data is considered a strategic asset and treated accordingly-with the proper controls and quality.

Your way to impact: This position will report to the Head of Credit Internal Data and will require a significant amount of collaboration across all business, technologies, product & platform teams within Pay Pal and its associated business entities.

We are helping rethink how we use data to make credit decisions at Pay Pal to fulfill the needs of our customers (both internal and external). We drive the creation of delightful, frictionless, and compliant payment experiences while maximizing the value of our data. In this role you will get an opportunity to support the implementation and adoption of the Enterprise Data Management & Governance (EDG) program across the company.

Position Responsibilities:

• Must be a self-starter, work independently or as a team member. Proactively remove obstacles to ensure timely delivery of product and goals

• Write clean and solid code that scales over PB of data and enforce engineering excellence in the organization

• Improve data management efficiency through AI capabilities, better process and best practices

• Embed Privacy-by-Design principles into all data solutions and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Provide expertise across the data product development lifecycle—spanning data engineering, architecture, and analytics—to design and deliver reusable, accessible, and high-quality data solutions.

• Design data structures and taxonomies that support standardization, integration, and alignment with business processes.

• Deliver technical leadership through analytical thinking, innovation, and detailed specifications.

• Drive data product execution and adoption through a metrics-based approach

• Define and communicate data strategy for credit products, aligned with Pay Pal’s technical direction, evolving credit strategies, and the external data ecosystem

• Strong product sense to identify data challenges and opportunities, and assess the impact of data-driven solutions

• Leverage enterprise frameworks, governance tools, and reusable architecture patterns for Credit Risk and cross organizations

• Foster influential cross-functional relationships through collaboration, proactive planning, and decisive leadership to design scalable solutions across platforms and products.

Technical Leadership Qualities:

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence across all organizations and levels within the company

• Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly to all levels within the organization- translating the organizations goals into execution plans & metrics

• Possess the ability to connect, engage and lead with empathy

• Motivate others through a shared vision and confidence that empowers employees and teams to perform at their best

• Demonstrate ability to delegate work

• Operate with transparency and honesty in all interactions

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise data management, with deep expertise across disciplines including data governance, data architecture, and more.

• Experience with data management and governance tools and technologies

• Experience with enabling data products within large organizations

• Proven experience independently developing and implementing recommended approaches to complex/ambiguous problems while making thoughtful trade-offs

• Deep understanding and hands-on experience in data platforms

• Strong technical acumen, being able to quickly understand technical details of a product or platform

• Strong execution skills-ability to deliver results

• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively communicate across diverse groups within Pay Pal

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment

• Shows initiative and exhibits a “can-do” attitude

• Demonstrated willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities with the ability to motivate in a cross-functional organization

• Able to see the “big picture”-the end-to-end connection points associated with data and systems

• Exhibit a passion for Data Management and Analytics

• Strong business acumen and interest to deeply understand Pay Pal’s credit use cases, data producers and data consumers’ needs/pain points

• Bonus Qualifications

• Familiarity with AI/ML pipelines or AI-enhanced data systems (data discovery, data quality monitoring, or integrating ML into ETL flows)

• Passion for bridging the gap between data engineering and machine learning engineering.

• Experience enabling ML/AI workloads, such as building feature stores, training data pipelines, or model monitoring infrastructure.

• Experience in financial services, with a strong preference for exposure to the credit risk domain.

Education:

• BS or advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.

Subsidiary: Pay Pal

Travel Percent: 0

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For the majority of employees, Pay Pal'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 Pay Pal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits: At Pay Pal, 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 comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.

Who We Are: Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Pay Pal 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, Pay Pal 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.

Belonging at Pay Pal: 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 Pay Pal 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 Pay Pal.

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