Lead Technical PM for Developer Platform and APIs

PayPal; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Healthcare coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

PayPal's Developer Experience team builds the APIs, tools, and infrastructure that let developers put PayPal to work anywhere they build. As commerce moves into AI coding assistants and agentic platforms, we make PayPal the easiest way to move money on any surface.

We're hiring a senior/lead Technical PM with a strong engineering background to own Developer Tools & Platform — the technical foundation for all of DevEx.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and API design discussions.
• Experience owning an API or developer-facing service with backward compatibility and release policy.

Responsibilities

• Use data to build insights on product or platform requirements.
• Gather customer insights to input to product requirements.
• Analyze market research and usability studies to support data-driven decisions.
• Monitor product profitability measures, including budget.
• Lead sprint planning, daily standups and retrospectives; interface with leadership as needed.
• Partner with content developers, data scientists, product designers and UX researchers to identify opportunities.

Skills

REST APIs familiarity

Excellent communication

Shipping bias

Engineering background

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

APIs design

API versioning

Job description

PayPal's Developer Experience team builds the APIs, tools, and infrastructure that let developers put PayPal to work anywhere they build. As commerce moves into AI coding assistants and agentic platforms, we make PayPal the easiest way to move money on any surface.

We're hiring a senior/lead Technical PM with a strong engineering background to own Developer Tools & Platform — the technical foundation for all of DevEx.