Temporary work opportunities align well with people who are looking for career flexibility and less traditional ways of working, but at the same time are people driven to deliver amazing work in high-profile situations. Magnit Direct Source is a service offered by Magnit Global that provides top talent directly to industry leading clients who have a variety of flexible temporary assignments that unlock opportunities for exciting work. As a temporary contractor, you will be employed by our Direct Source partner, Magnit Global. Please note, this is a role with Magnit Global and you will not be a PayPal employee. This role is not eligible for any benefits under any benefit plan of PayPal, PayPal Affiliates, or their respective successors and assigns.

Location

Local candidates in Austin, TX will be considered for this remote opportunity. 

About the Role

The API Platform team is looking for a highly talented, self-driven, proven software engineer to take on the challenge of building the API Development Lifecycle for PayPal . As an engineer on our API Platform team, you will be responsible for the development of key building blocks the API development lifecycle and integrate with various tenants like PayPal, Venmo, Hyperwallet etc to build UI experiences and backend integrations that keep customers engaged.

We are looking for software engineers who are curious, fast-learning, and versatile, to join the team to develop the next-generation of Self-Service solutions that will change how development teams manage their APIs. You will work closely with product, architects, and other teams to understand the business needs and deliver solutions to meet their needs.

Responsibilities 

• Will be participating in daily stand up progress made meetings .
• Will work with the team to accomplish a self-service model, via harness pipeline where people can onboard their APIs into our platform, with the goal to have it completely automated. 
• Will be building pipelines and back-end pieces in order to get that touchless model in place.
• Will work on developing what's called a maturity model for API platforms.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience 
• Strong knowledge of core Java, Java 8+ features, and Spring Boot
• Experience building RESTful APIs, backend services, and microservices
• Understanding of API lifecycle management, including versioning, security (OAuth2, JWT), and documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
• Strong React.js and modern JavaScript/TypeScript (ES6+)
• Experience building dynamic, reusable UI components
• Familiarity with state management libraries (Redux, Recoil, Zustand)
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs and handling asynchronous data
• Experience using AI tools or frameworks to speed up development (e.g., GitHub Copilot, LangChain, OpenAI APIs)
• Experience building or integrating AI-based features (e.g., smart documentation, auto-tagging, intelligent validation)
• Understanding of model lifecycle, prompt engineering, or integration with LLMs (optional but valuable)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab
• Experience with building self-service portals, internal tools, or automation harnesses
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes is a plus)
• Experience working with API gateways (Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway)
• Knowledge of API onboarding, governance, maturity models, or service mesh concepts
• Familiarity with API testing tools like Postman, RestAssured
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum teams
• Attends daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and works in cross-functional teams
• Good communication with product managers and architects

This is the pay range that Magnit reasonably expects to pay for this position: $71.47/hour - $95.29/hour

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K