Sr. MTS, Software Engineer at PayPal
San Jose, CA
$264,514–$333,500from the description
Jul 16, 2026
San Jose, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior software engineering role focused on designing and building scalable, highly available microservices, batch processes, and publisher-subscriber systems within PayPal's Payments Data Services platform. Responsibilities include producing technical design documents, leading design reviews, and approving code pull requests, working alongside architects in San Jose. Suits engineers with strong Java/J2EE backgrounds and experience with distributed systems.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 44,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 26,700–96,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 caller has declared this a fully-remote role; the posting itself specifies San Jose, CA with a hybrid model and 'partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance' — metro and state have been left blank per the caller's instruction.
Degree requirement: the JD accepts a Bachelor's + 5 years OR a Master's + 2 years. Bachelor's is set as the minimum formal degree since equivalent experience is not offered as a substitute — a degree of some kind is a hard gate.
Total experience minimum is set to 5 years, reflecting the Bachelor's-track requirement (the lower bar of the two stated paths).
The testing frameworks (JUnit, TestNG, Mockito, PowerMock, Selenium) are listed together as a single special-skill requirement; JUnit is used as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives, since the JD treats them as a group rather than individually mandatory tools.
Spring, Struts, Hibernate, and RestEasy are similarly grouped in the JD as Java/J2EE framework examples; Spring is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
The compensation range ($264,514–$333,500/year) is quoted for the San Jose, CA location; actual pay for a remote candidate may differ per the JD's own language ('will depend on where you work').
Must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship — noted here as it cannot be represented in a structured field.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): database design.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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