Senior Product Security Engineer — Hybrid, Scale & Impact

PayPal; Austin (TX); Híbrido; USD 131.000 - 194.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

PayPal is seeking a Senior Product Security Engineer in Austin, TX to design, build and operate automated security scanners and guardrails across the software development lifecycle. You will partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to reduce risk in source code, dependencies, and AI/LLM tools.

The role emphasizes turning security requirements into reliable automation that supports rapid delivery, with impact across adjacent teams and enterprise-scale systems.

Formación

• 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or any equivalent combination.
• SLSA, SBOMs, provenance, artifact signing or verification experience.
• AI/LLM development tool security familiarity.
• Programming in Python, Go, or Bash with troubleshooting skills.
• Secure SDLC knowledge including SAST/ SCA and software supply chain security.

Responsabilidades

• Apply security best practices to optimize systems while aligning with business goals.
• Drive security initiatives and co-lead cross-functional security projects.
• Analyze security challenges and adapt processes to address threats.
• Collaborate with engineers to improve security tooling and processes.
• Build and operate scanning and guardrail capabilities across dev workflows.

Conocimientos

Security engineering

SAST/SCA

CI/CD security

Python/Go/Bash

GCP/Kubernetes/Terraform

Communication

Independent work

Educación

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Herramientas

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Descripción del empleo

PayPal is seeking a Senior Product Security Engineer in Austin, TX to design, build and operate automated security scanners and guardrails across the software development lifecycle. You will partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to reduce risk in source code, dependencies, and AI/LLM tools.

The role emphasizes turning security requirements into reliable automation that supports rapid delivery, with impact across adjacent teams and enterprise-scale systems.