PayPal
Senior Product Security Engineer
$130K–$194K
Austin, Texas, United States of America +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States of America
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America - Experience
- 3+ years relevant experience; also stated as 3–5 years in software engineering, application or product security, DevSecOps, or cybersecurity.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
About the job
Builds and operates automated security scanners and developer guardrails to detect and reduce software security risks across development workflows before production.
What you'll do
- Build and operate scanners and guardrails across source control, CI/CD, package ecosystems, and developer platforms; improve detection and remediation.
- Tune security controls, investigate gaps and false positives, and write or review code, APIs, detection rules, and automation.
- Partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to improve integrations and evaluate security controls for new technical surfaces, including AI/LLM tools.
What they ask for
- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree, or any equivalent combination of education and experience; the posting also specifies 3–5 years in relevant fields and a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination.
- Experience developing, integrating, or operating security automation in CI/CD or developer workflows, including one or more of SAST, SCA, secrets detection, or software supply chain security.
- Programming or scripting in multiple languages, such as Python, Go, and Bash, with ability to write, review, and troubleshoot code.
- Working knowledge of secure software development, common application vulnerabilities, dependency and package ecosystem risks, and practical remediation.
Nice to have
- Experience with SLSA, SBOMs, provenance, artifact signing or verification, package repositories, or dependency governance; or creating and tuning static-analysis, secrets-detection, or policy-as-code rules.
- Familiarity with AI/LLM security, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Java, Javascript, or security-tooling telemetry and metrics.
Pay
Austin, Texas: ($130,500.00 - $193,600.00 Annually) USD base salary; Chicago, Illinois: ($130,500.00 - $193,600.00 Annually) USD base salary
Tools
SLSA, SBOMs, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Java, Javascript, Python
AI focus
Evaluate AI/LLM tools and define appropriate security controls; familiarity with AI-assisted coding and model and tool supply chains is noted.
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