Senior AI Security Engineer (Product & Platform)

PayPal; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 179,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal is seeking a Senior Staff Product Security Engineer, AI Security, to protect hundreds of millions of accounts and trillions in annual volume. You will drive security across AI‑assisted development, AI‑enabled products, and vulnerability detection, partnering with Architecture, engineering, product, and platform teams.

You’ll provide hands‑on technical leadership, mentor engineers, and translate emerging AI risks into durable, scalable controls and measurable risk reduction across PayPal’s

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant security engineering experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Hands-on familiarity with application security tools and secure development practices.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security and modern DevSecOps workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex AI security projects and define scalable security controls across PayPal products.
• Mentor engineers and drive security initiatives aligned with business goals.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate requirements into engineering solutions.

Skills

SAST

DAST

SCA

WAF

Burp Suite

Python

Java

JavaScript

Swift

Kubernetes

Terraform

Git

AWS

Azure

GCP

OAuth 2.0

SAML

AI security

Security tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Git

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

PayPal is seeking a Senior Staff Product Security Engineer, AI Security, to protect hundreds of millions of accounts and trillions in annual volume. You will drive security across AI‑assisted development, AI‑enabled products, and vulnerability detection, partnering with Architecture, engineering, product, and platform teams.

You’ll provide hands‑on technical leadership, mentor engineers, and translate emerging AI risks into durable, scalable controls and measurable risk reduction across PayPal’s