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# Sr Staff Software Engineer, BE Python at PayPal

Compensation · Listed in posting

$196,500 – $291,500/yr

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: San Jose, California · Austin, Texas

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: senior

**Posted**
: Sep 8, 2026

## Description

PayPal is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer for Venmo's Consumer Financial Services platform. The role owns backend platform features, authentication, authorization, verification, fraud risk, distributed systems, security, compliance, performance, availability, and cross-team technical strategy. It requires extensive backend and software engineering experience, strong Python and API expertise, cloud and infrastructure experience, and the ability to lead architecture and mentor senior engineers. The position is based in San Jose or Austin and offers a hybrid work model.

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