Senior Product Security Engineer —Hybrid, Security at Scale

PayPal Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Paid time off

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

PayPal in Chicago is seeking a Senior Product Security Engineer to help secure hundreds of millions of accounts and trillions in annual payment volume by building automated security scanners and guardrails across the SDLC.

You will partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to identify and reduce risk across source code, dependencies, and software supply chains, delivering scalable security automation while enabling fast delivery.

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 developing, integrating, or operating security automation in CI/CD or developer workflows, including one or more of SAST, SCA, secrets detection, or software supply chain security.

Responsibilities

• Independently apply security best practices to enhance and optimize systems, ensuring robust protection and efficiency, while beginning to understand and align security solutions with business objectives.
• Partner with peers and internal teams to drive security initiatives, contribute to cross-functional projects, and at times co-lead efforts to strengthen security posture.
• Analyze and resolve security challenges by adapting standard processes and exploring alternative approaches to address complex threats.
• Influence the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the team through informed decision-making, with a potential impact on other teams.
• Collaborate with other engineers to gather and incorporate feedback, driving continuous improvements in security processes.

Skills

Security engineering

CI/CD

Python/Go/Bash

Kubernetes

Terraform

GCP

SAST/SCA/secrets detection

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAST tools

SCA tools

SBOM tooling

Job description

PayPal in Chicago is seeking a Senior Product Security Engineer to help secure hundreds of millions of accounts and trillions in annual payment volume by building automated security scanners and guardrails across the SDLC.

You will partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to identify and reduce risk across source code, dependencies, and software supply chains, delivering scalable security automation while enabling fast delivery.