Senior Staff Product Security Engineer, AI
PayPal
Quick summary
Market check
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $151,987–$217,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $222k versus about $185k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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 79 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $167,149–$238,700 across 79 roles with salary data.
Most-posted roles
At a glance
Sr. Staff Product Security Engineer- AI joins the security team to protect large-scale payment systems by leading engineering efforts across three critical areas: securing AI-assisted software development, protecting AI-enabled products and agentic systems, and leveraging AI to improve vulnerability detection and remediation. This role involves designing and operating controls for AI models, agents, retrieval systems, and data flows while ensuring secure coding practices and robust identity management. The successful candidate will utilize a technical toolkit including SAST, DAST, SCA, WAF, Burp Suite, and programming languages such as Ruby, Java, Python, JavaScript, or Swift. They must also possess expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, Git, and major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP. The work focuses on mitigating risks where AI-assisted tools might introduce vulnerabilities or where agentic systems could misuse sensitive data or business actions.
Skills
What you'll do
What we're looking for
More like this
PayPal
PayPal
PayPal
Adobe
Cloudflare, Inc