Senior Product Security Engineer – Hybrid, Scale Security

PayPal Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal is seeking a Senior Product Security Engineer to help secure 439M accounts and $1.8T in annual payment volume. You will design, build, and operate automated security scanners across the software development lifecycle, partnering with engineering, platform, and security teams to reduce risk in source code, dependencies, and supply chains.

You will turn security requirements into reliable automation, improving detection quality while supporting delivery speed, with impact across developer

Qualifications

• 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with SLSA, software bills of materials (SBOMs), provenance, artifact signing or verification, package repositories, or dependency governance.
• Experience creating or tuning rules for static analysis, secrets detection, or policy-as-code systems.
• Familiarity with security considerations for AI/LLM development tools, AI-assisted coding, or model and tool supply chains.
• Experience with GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, and other cloud-native technologies.
• Programming or scripting experience in multiple languages such as Python, Go, and Bash.
• Working knowledge of secure software development, common vulnerabilities, dependency and package risks, and remediation approaches.

Responsibilities

• Independently apply security best practices to enhance and optimize systems and align with objectives.
• Partner with peers and internal teams to drive security initiatives and cross-functional projects.
• Analyze and resolve security challenges by adapting standard processes and exploring alternatives.
• Influence team quality, efficiency, and security posture through informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with engineers to gather feedback and drive continuous improvements in security processes.

Skills

Security fundamentals

CI/CD security

Python/Go scripting

SAST

SCA

Secrets detection

Policy-as-code

Telemetry/metrics

Secure software development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent combination of education & experience

Tools

SLSA

SBOMs

Provenance

Artifact signing

Package repositories

Dependency governance

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Java

Javascript

Job description

PayPal is seeking a Senior Product Security Engineer to help secure 439M accounts and $1.8T in annual payment volume. You will design, build, and operate automated security scanners across the software development lifecycle, partnering with engineering, platform, and security teams to reduce risk in source code, dependencies, and supply chains.

You will turn security requirements into reliable automation, improving detection quality while supporting delivery speed, with impact across developer