Title: Senior Staff Software Engineer
Company: PayPal Holdings Inc.
Location: Dripping Springs, Texas, United States
Jacob R. Shattuck, Senior Staff Software Engineer at PayPal Holdings Inc., has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Engineers for dedication, achievements, and leadership in software engineering.
With a decade and a half of experience, Mr. Shattuck has built a successful career in software engineering, specializing in backend infrastructure. Since 2024, he has served as a senior staff software engineer at PayPal, where he works as a site reliability engineer, configuring infrastructure and improving the developer experience while enhancing the overall reliability of the Venmo platform. His previous roles include senior software engineer for architecture and CICD at GoDaddy from 2023 to 2024, manager of software development for account management from 2020 to 2023, and senior software engineer for products from 2018 to 2020. Earlier in his career, he worked as a software engineer at Sony Interactive Entertainment, General Atomics, and Neustar Information Services. He laid a solid educational foundation, earning a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Azusa Pacific University in 2009, and completed a course on Kubernetes through LinkedIn in 2024.
Reflecting on his path, Mr. Shattuck takes great pride in managing a high-profile team at GoDaddy for three and a half years, overseeing roughly 12% of the company’s revenue. During this time, he developed a deployment pipeline that automated the code deployment process and configured all necessary infrastructure components. Initially created for one team, his solution proved so effective that it was adopted by several other high-revenue applications, earning him a promotion to a manager position. He attributes his success to hard work and a commitment to providing maximum value. In the coming years, he aims to maintain a growth mindset, continue learning, and take on more challenging tasks while exploring potential entrepreneurial opportunities. In advising aspiring professionals, he emphasizes the importance of work-life balance and spending quality time with family.
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