PayPal
Sr Staff Software Engineer
New York City, New York, United States of America · Staff+
No sponsorship$246k-$334kDetected 11 days ago
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odds of building a lasting career here
64Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
Level I$109,8451 entry
Level II$137,7172 entries
Level III$165,5893 entries
Level IV$193,4614 entries
This range already reaches Level IV — the maximum four lottery entries.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation
Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 90 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.
Green-card follow-through: 96%
Of 78 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 3 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 482 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.
Files H-1B transfers
156 transfer filings in the last year, covering 156 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.
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About the role
- PayPal, Inc. seeks Sr Staff Software Engineer in New York, NY
- Architect cloud-native, scalable systems that balance performance, reliability, and security while enabling rapid experimentation and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Job Duties: Lead the design, development, and implementation of intelligent, AI-driven software applications and features across PayPal's digital ecosystem, delivering seamless and frictionless customer experiences.
- Build scalable, personalized application features that deliver real-time personalization capabilities that adapt dynamically to user context.
- Anticipate and capitalize on emerging trends in personalization, recommendation systems, and agentic AI to maintain a competitive advantage.
- Develop automated tests and deliver high-quality software code to production within a short development cycle in the continuous integration and delivery environment.
- Partner with product management to ideate solutions to business problems.
- At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy.
- Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging.
Requirements
- Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems with high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance using microservices-based architectures (8 years)
- Experience designing and implementing real-time, event-driven architectures using messaging and streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka, AMQ, or equivalent systems (7 years)
- Experience working with large-scale customer data, behavioral analytics, and feature engineering using distributed data processing platforms and cloud-based data services (7 years)
- Experience designing and deploying AI-driven decisioning systems that leverage predictive models, real-time context, and experimentation frameworks (5 years)
- Experience designing and operating observability solutions for distributed systems, including logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and reliability monitoring using industry-standard observability tools (6 years)
- Experience designing AI-powered systems with privacy, security, explainability, and governance requirements in regulated environments (6 years)
- Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
Nice to have
- The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring.
- Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field plus 12 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
- Additional Responsibilities &.
Skills
- Leverage real-time data, behavioral analytics, and AI-driven decision-making to improve engagement, retention, and conversion.
- Make technical decisions affecting multiple teams, crossing organizational boundaries.
- Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance.
- Special Skill Requirements:
Compensation
- New York, NY | Salary: $246,305-333,500.00 per annum.
- Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
Benefits
- If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.
Company info
- Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
- PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.
- Belonging at PayPal:
- PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
- In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
- Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued.
- We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.
- Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community.
- We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates.
- Please don't hesitate to apply.
- Notice to Applicants and Employees who reside within New York City.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
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