Software Engineer - iOS
PayPal · Posted Oct 29
Online payment processing, digital wallet, money transfer, and financial services
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About the role
Zettle SMB Direct is the part of PayPal that builds the native point-of-sale experience for small and medium-sized businesses: the PayPal POS app (formerly Zettle Go) and the Zettle Terminal. Merchants use it to take card and tap payments, run checkout, manage their product library and inventory, issue receipts, handle refunds and invoices, and see what they earned. As an iOS Software Engineer, you will build and maintain the PayPal POS app in Swift, working on features from sign-in and bootstrap through checkout, receipts, refunds and invoices, and learning how the app connects to card readers and Tap to Pay on iPhone.
What you will do
- Implements tasks within the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), receiving structure and oversight from more experienced staff
- Follows well-established internal conventions and standard procedures
- Understands internal standards & processes an applies them to make technical decisions
- Collaborates with peers, manager, and project lead to gain understanding of tasks and review solutions
- May contribute to code & design reviews
- Make checkout and receipts fast and reliable for merchants who depend on the app at the counter.
- Deliver features across product library, inventory, purchase history, refunds and invoices.
- Help legacy Zettle merchants move onto PayPal identity with a smooth sign-in and onboarding experience in the app.
- Improve app stability, release quality and crash-free sessions.
- Build and ship features in Swift using modern concurrency; UIKit and SwiftUI as the product requires.
- Integrate with backend services over REST and GraphQL; handle auth and session flows.
- Work with Bluetooth reader connectivity (Core Bluetooth) and Apple payment frameworks under guidance.
- Write unit and UI tests, and take part in code reviews, CI/CD and staged releases.
- Investigate crashes and production issues using analytics and monitoring and fix root causes.
- Pair with Sweden engineers and write documentation and runbooks for areas you take over.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 1+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 1 to 3 years of iOS development experience with strong Swift.
- Hands-on with SwiftUI and/or UIKit, networking, local persistence and concurrency.
- Experience with unit and UI testing and CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps.
- Understanding of secure handling of sensitive data on device.
- Interest in payments; experience with in-app payments, Bluetooth peripherals or NFC is a plus.
- Clear written and spoken English, and comfort working across time zones with teammates in Bangalore and Sweden.
- A habit of writing things down: runbooks, design notes and decision records.
- Curiosity about payments and a sense of care for the merchants and customers who depend on the product.
Preferred qualifications
- Nice to have: Objective-C, GraphQL clients, Apple Tap to Pay on iPhone.
Benefits and support
- Generous paid time off
- Healthcare coverage for you and your family
- Resources to create financial security
- Mental health support resources
- Balanced hybrid work model: 3 days in office, 2 days at choice of PayPal office or home workspace
About PayPal
PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system that supports online money transfers globally. It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods, providing merchant processing, digital wallets, and peer-to-peer payment services through major brands like Venmo, Braintree, and Xoom.
- Industry
- Financial Technology
- Company size
- 23800 employees
- Founded
- 1998
- Location
- San Jose, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $216M raised
- 2022-07-26Post IPO
Leadership
President & Chief Executive Officer
Jamie Miller
Chief Financial & Operating Officer
Srini Venkatesan
Chief Technology Officer
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