Software Engineer

About the Company

PayPal is a long-established global commerce platform that has spent over 25 years making it easier, safer, and more personalized for people and businesses to move money, sell, and shop across roughly 200 markets. The company runs a large two-sided network connecting merchants and consumers, supporting payments both online and in person.

Beyond connecting users to external payment rails, PayPal offers its own payment solutions that let customers complete transactions on the platform. Its ecosystem supports sending, receiving, transferring, and withdrawing money, along with a variety of funding methods such as bank accounts, PayPal or Venmo balances, credit products, debit cards, certain cryptocurrencies, gift cards, and eligible rewards. PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom also simplify person-to-person transfers, while merchant products help with authorization, settlement, instant fund access, payouts, returns, exchanges, customer engagement, and risk management. The company also supports cross-border commerce by reducing friction for shoppers and merchants operating internationally.

PayPal’s culture is guided by Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. These values shape how the company works with customers, supports employees, and contributes to communities.

Role Overview

PayPal is hiring a Software Engineer in San Jose, California. The role is focused on building reliable, large-scale software systems that can support high availability and business-critical use cases.

What You’ll Do

• Architect, build, and release distributed software platforms designed to handle substantial scale and strong uptime requirements.
• Develop and validate software capabilities across applications and services.
• Create solutions that satisfy product needs for functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, delivery timelines, and test standards.
• Work in an Agile setting and move quickly through iterative development cycles.
• Contribute across multiple technologies including Node.js, React, JavaScript, REST, and GraphQL.

Requirements

• A master’s degree, or an equivalent foreign qualification, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Hands-on experience or demonstrated capability with HTML, React, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Java, Redux, Node.js, and REST.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving Agile environment across several technologies.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Work Schedule and Location

This is a San Jose, California role. Partial telecommuting is allowed from a location within commutable distance. The standard schedule is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Compensation

The expected base salary range for this position in San Jose is $149,365 to $198,500 per year. Additional compensation may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive pay, depending on eligibility and role factors.

Benefits

• Choice-based benefits designed to support physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
• Flexible and balanced work culture.
• Generous paid time off.
• Healthcare coverage for employees and their families.
• Resources that support mental health and financial security.

Equal Opportunity and Accessibility

PayPal is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants without regard to protected characteristics such as age, race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, pregnancy, and other legally protected categories. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Recruitment Safety Notice

Applicants are never charged fees for applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. The company will not request passwords, one-time passcodes, or verification codes. Any such request should be treated as suspicious. All legitimate communication will come from official company email domains.

Belonging and Culture

PayPal emphasizes a workplace where employees feel accepted, secure, included, and valued. The company aims to reflect the merchants, consumers, and communities it serves and continues to take concrete steps to strengthen belonging across the organization.

Additional Information

Travel for this role is 0%. The company encourages strong candidates to apply even if they feel they may not meet every qualification.