Senior Software Engineer at PayPal
New York, NY
$160,805–$270,500from the description
Jul 6, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A back-end engineering role focused on designing and building large-scale distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and microservices. The position involves technical leadership — guiding teams through architectural decisions, setting coding standards, and coordinating with product and cross-functional partners. Suited to engineers with a strong background in Python or Java, production operations at scale, and multi-year project delivery.
Senior level · 3+ years · Remote · Master's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 13,200 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,600–19,800
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 (6)
The JD hard-requires a Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related field — equivalent experience is NOT offered as a substitute.
Skill #1 lists 'Python or Java' (3 years) and Skill #2 separately lists 'Java' (3 years). This is unusual phrasing; the most natural reading is that Java is independently required (3 yrs) and Python is an acceptable alternative to Java for the first requirement — both are captured accordingly.
The role is posted for New York, NY with partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance. The caller has overridden this to treat the role as fully remote with a national candidate pool; metro has been left blank per that instruction.
Several Special Skill Requirements describe responsibilities or methodologies (architecting for scale, technical lead experience, evolving existing systems, cross-functional collaboration, SDLC best practices) rather than named technologies, so they are reflected in the overall years minimum and seniority assessment rather than as discrete skills.
Compensation is stated as $160,805–$270,500 per annum for the New York location; actual pay for a remote hire may differ.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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