Staff AI Security Engineer – Secure AI-Powered Products

PayPal; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal is seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer, AI Security, to lead security work across AI-assisted development and AI-enabled products. You will partner with security architecture, engineering, and product teams to translate AI security requirements into scalable controls and enforcement across PayPal’s products.

This hands-on IC role scopes across architecture reviews, control design, and implementation, reducing AI-related vulnerabilities while improving detection and remediation at

Qualifications

• 5+ years of security experience and a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Hands-on familiarity with application security tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, WAF, Burp Suite).
• Experience with cloud providers and security tooling.

Responsibilities

• Identify and resolve complex security issues while aligning with business priorities.
• Lead security initiatives across teams to strengthen posture.
• Apply analytical skills to security challenges and stay updated with industry trends.
• Contribute to security domain improvements and drive cross-team collaboration.
• Build guardrails across source control and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Application security

Cloud security

Security engineering

Security architecture

Team mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

WAF

Burp Suite

Job description

PayPal is seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer, AI Security, to lead security work across AI-assisted development and AI-enabled products. You will partner with security architecture, engineering, and product teams to translate AI security requirements into scalable controls and enforcement across PayPal’s products.

This hands-on IC role scopes across architecture reviews, control design, and implementation, reducing AI-related vulnerabilities while improving detection and remediation at