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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in designing, implementing, and operating infrastructure for disaster recovery and chaos engineering, with a strong focus on automation and resilience metrics. Proven ability to mentor junior engineers and communicate technical concepts effectively to diverse audiences.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Chaos EngineeringDisaster Recovery SolutionsCloud Infrastructure (AWS)Programming (Python, Java, Bash, Go)Incident Simulation Exercises
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Hard Skills
Infrastructure DesignConfiguration-as-Code AutomationDistributed Applications OperationResilience Metrics TrackingBackup and Restore Strategies
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsMentoring
Tools & Technologies
DockerKubernetesAWS Fault Injection SimulatorGremlinChaos Monkey
Industry Keywords
Cloud EngineeringDevOpsSite Reliability Engineering (SRE)Global-Scale ServicesRTO/RPO Requirements
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerJavaKubernetesPythonGo
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Deliver complete solutions across all phases of the software development lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, delivery, and operations
- Advise immediate management on project-level issues
- Guide and mentor junior engineers
- Make technical decisions independently using internal conventions and industry best practices
- Contribute to Venmo’s chaos engineering and business continuity efforts
- Design, build, and operate infrastructure, tooling, and processes for disaster recovery, chaos engineering, incident game days, and backup and restore systems
- Define designs, identify stakeholders, navigate risks and changes, coordinate colleagues’ work, implement solutions, and ensure timely, quality delivery
- Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures
- Improve production operations, infrastructure scalability, reliability, quality, and stability
- Develop and improve infrastructure and application configuration-as-code automation
- Design, implement, and operate chaos engineering experiments
- Build and maintain disaster recovery automation, runbooks, and cloud infrastructure
- Plan and execute chaos and incident game day exercises
- Develop and maintain backup and restore tooling and processes
- Define and track resilience metrics, SLOs, and recovery time objectives
Requirements
What you’ll need- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience
- Bachelor’s in computer science or related field of study
- 5+ years’ experience in software development or a related field
- 3+ years’ experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365 as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team
- Extensive hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting infrastructure for global-scale services
- Deep hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS or similar cloud provider
- Hands-on programming and scripting with Python, Java, Bash, and Go
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences
- Experience with chaos engineering tools and frameworks such as AWS Fault Injection Simulator, Gremlin, Chaos Monkey, or Litmus
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing disaster recovery solutions for distributed systems
- Experience developing and maintaining backup and restore tooling and strategies
- Experience planning and executing game day exercises or incident simulations
- Understanding of RTO/RPO requirements and designing systems to meet them
- Visa sponsorship through PayPal is not available now or in the future
Benefits
Comp & perks- Annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable
- Balanced hybrid work model: 3 days in the office and 2 days at the PayPal office or home workspace
- Generous paid time off
- Healthcare coverage for you and your family
- Resources to support financial security and mental health
- Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities