Principal Software Engineer - Developer Experience Architect

  • PayPal
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Full Time

Set architectural standards and best practices for developer-facing systems with a focus on scalability, performance, and usability. Lead the design of intelligent developer workflows powered by LLMs and agentic AI systems. Strategic Vision & Innovation Shape the long-term technology roadmap for AI-enabled documentation, contextual onboarding, and smart sandboxing. Evaluate and drive adoption of modern developer tooling, frameworks, and low-code/no-code platforms. Cross-Org Collaboration Partner with engineering, product, infrastructure, security, and design teams to drive large-scale technical initiatives. Serve as a key technical voice in initiatives that span 200+ engineers across platform and product teams. Provide technical mentorship to senior and staff engineers across the DevEx organization. Contribute to design reviews, architecture forums, and engineering-wide technical strategy discussions. Promote engineering excellence, security-by-design, and developer empathy across the organization. Minimum of 15 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Proven ability to architect and deliver scalable developer platforms and tools in a large-scale enterprise. Deep experience in API design, developer portal architectures, SDK lifecycle management, and CI/CD pipelines. Strong understanding of LLMs, AI-assisted developer experiences, and agentic workflow design. Familiarity with no-code/low-code platforms, plug-in frameworks, and developer onboarding patterns. Exceptional technical communication, design thinking, and cross-functional influence. Experience with open-source developer platforms, standards, or contribution to API ecosystems. Hands-on experience with integrating AI/ML into product features-especially those that serve developers. Knowledge of GraphQL, RESTful APIs, webhooks, SDK generation, and OpenAPI/AsyncAPI specs. Experience in developer advocacy, product-minded engineering, or working directly with API consumers. Increases results & effectiveness of all software engineers in a large domain Sets the technology roadmap for a domain Adapts their role to the need, selecting the most effective means of realizing their technical goals Exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments and takes initiative to achieve results Handles ambiguous and unfamiliar situations and uses creativity to deliver decisive resolutions Uses discovery & exploratory research, not being limited to technical domains, to make successful decisions Identifies themes & trends that span projects and teams, and finds broadly impactful opportunities for improvement Uses professional savvy to determine when industry-standard solutions can be adopted, versus when a problem space warrants a novel solution ("build/buy") Mentor others as a means of propagating technical influence, and to enhance the performance of their organization

Job ID: 490569242
Originally Posted on: 8/24/2025

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