Manager, Software Engineering at PayPal
San Jose, CA
$227,639–$300,500from the description
Jul 16, 2026
San Jose, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A management role overseeing multiple scrum teams building customer-facing payment software. The position involves setting engineering roadmaps, defining OKRs and KPIs, and providing technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle. It suits an experienced engineering manager with a strong background in large-scale, high-throughput systems, Java-based microservices, and agile delivery practices.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 1,650–8,500
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 $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). 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 job title is 'Manager, Software Engineering' with explicit people-management duties (managing multiple scrum teams, hiring, OKRs/KPIs, roadmaps), making 11-3021 the primary SOC. 15-1252 is noted as a runner-up given the heavy hands-on technical skill requirements listed.
The posting is physically located in San Jose, CA with partial telecommuting permitted, but per caller instruction this is treated as fully remote with no metro assigned.
Degree requirement: the JD accepts either a Master's + 6 years OR a Bachelor's + 8 years. The minimum hard gate is a Bachelor's degree (with more experience), so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
Total experience minimum is set to 8 years, reflecting the Bachelor's-path minimum (the lower of the two stated paths).
The 'HELIX/ASF/RAPTOR Framework' and 'batch processing systems' requirements from the Special Skills section are PayPal-internal framework names with no canonical external tool name; they are omitted from the skills list as they cannot be represented as named, transferable technologies.
The Agile Scrum Master requirement (2 years) is a methodology/role, not a named technology or tool, and is omitted per extraction rules.
The salary range ($227,639–$300,500/year) is stated as location-dependent (San Jose, CA); actual remote compensation may differ.
The posting states candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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