Sr Software Engineer at PayPal
San Jose, CA
$169,576–$243,500from the description
Jul 6, 2026
San Jose, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior infrastructure engineering role focused on Venmo's cloud platform, blending SRE and DevOps practices. The work centers on building and maintaining AWS-based infrastructure, managing CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, database reliability, cloud security, and cost optimization. The role also involves mentoring teams and leading initiatives across operations, automation, and compliance. Telecommuting anywhere in the U.S. is permitted.
Senior level · 6+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7,800 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,700–11,800
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The JD's primary work location is San Jose, CA, but the caller has declared this a fully-remote role; metro and state fields have been left blank accordingly.
The posted pay range ($169,576–$243,500/year) is explicitly tied to the San Jose, CA location; actual pay for remote workers in other locations may differ.
Years demanded for skills are stated as degree-dependent (e.g., '5 years with Bachelor's; 3 years with Master's'). The higher figure (Bachelor's track) is used throughout, consistent with the role's minimum degree requirement of a Bachelor's plus 6 years.
The CI/CD skill is listed separately from Jenkins/GitLab CI/CircleCI to capture the pipeline-building requirement as a distinct competency; the named tools carry the years demanded.
Kubernetes is specified as EKS (AWS-managed); this is captured under the canonical 'Kubernetes' skill name with the EKS context noted here.
The 'Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications' section contains no concrete named technologies — only the EOE statement and compensation details — so no preferred skills were extracted from it.
The role blends Cloud Engineering, SRE, and DevOps practices; it is classified as Software Developers (15-1252) because the JD emphasizes building and deploying software infrastructure, automation code, and CI/CD pipelines. Network/Systems Administrators (15-1244) is the runner-up given the operational and incident-management duties.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cloud cost optimization.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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