Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform
JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle)
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This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $170,987–$238,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $244k versus about $205k 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 96 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $160,500–$259,158 across 91 roles with salary data.
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The Sr Staff Software Engineer, AI Innovation joins the AI Growth & Innovation team to transition emerging artificial intelligence from initial concepts into production-ready systems. This role involves building and enhancing agentic systems, real-time voice, and multimodal experiences for real customers. You will research new models and frameworks, prototype fast to test hypotheses, and scale validated ideas into reliable, secure products. Key responsibilities include owning high-visibility bets end-to-end, managing multi-team initiatives, and establishing technical conventions. Required skills include hands-on experience with LLMs or agentic systems, strong engineering fundamentals in a modern language, and knowledge of automated evaluation and observability. You will solve complex business problems by developing platform capabilities, focusing on metrics like quality, latency, and cost while navigating technical ambiguity to deliver impactful AI solutions.
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