Senior Product Security Engineer
PayPal
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This role pays less than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $158,550–$221,365 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $162k versus about $190k for comparable roles.
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PayPal is a leading global digital wallet and online payment system, founded in 1998, that allows individuals and businesses to send, receive, and manage funds securely in over 200 markets.
PayPal currently has 95 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $160,500–$238,700 across 89 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Product Security Engineer, you will join the security team to protect a global payment network by designing, building, and operating automated security scanners and developer guardrails. You will work across the software development lifecycle to identify and reduce risks involving source code, open source dependencies, secrets, software supply chains, and AI/LLM tools. Your daily responsibilities include tuning SAST, SCA, and policy-as-code systems, writing and reviewing code for detection rules, and collaborating with engineering teams to improve remediation guidance. You will utilize technologies including Python, Go, Bash, Java, Javascript, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GCP. This role solves the technical challenge of making secure development the easiest path for engineers by integrating automated security controls into CI/CD workflows and developer platforms to catch risks before production.
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