This role pays more than
63%
of similar roles. Most pay
$152,955–$217,725
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$198k
versus about
$185k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About PayPal
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
84 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$160,500–$235,826
across 84 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Data Engineer at PayPal, you will lead and manage data engineering projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business goals. Your responsibilities include developing and maintaining robust data architectures and pipelines to support data analysis and decision-making, while also collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to identify and deliver actionable insights from complex datasets. You will ensure data quality through regular audits and validation processes, and mentor junior engineers to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in product analytics data modeling, event instrumentation governance, end-to-end pipeline development using SQL, Python, dbt, and Airflow, as well as implementing data quality and observability measures. This role requires a full-stack product data mindset, enabling you to define instrumentation requirements with product managers and engineers, validate event implementations, and build production-grade pipelines from start to finish.