Is PayPal a good company to work for as a Sr. Software Engineer?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at PayPal have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 328 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of PayPal employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Sr. Software Engineer Jobs at PayPal now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sr. Software Engineer interview questions at PayPal .

Does PayPal pay Sr. Software Engineer employees well?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at PayPal with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 328 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sr. Software Engineer salaries at PayPal.

How happy are Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at PayPal?

51% of Sr. Software Engineer employees at PayPal would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 14% in the past 12 months. Sr. Software Engineer professionals have also rated PayPal with a 3.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.4 rating for culture and values and 3.1 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PayPal?

Software Engineer (672) , Senior Software Engineer (333) , Customer Service Representative (259) , Data Scientist (143) , Product Manager (140) , Manager (134) , Risk Analyst (124) , Software Engineer II (112) , Customer Solutions Agent (110) , Senior Product Manager (99) , Director (98) , MTS1 Software Engineer (93) , Senior Manager (87) , Software Engineer III (83) , Collections Specialist (79)

What are the pros of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance with challenging and engaging goals." ((in 1012 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 914 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 659 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 435 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 342 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 285 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 232 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 106 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 66 reviews)); "Too much politics If you are not part for paltform then in Payments domains not much of technical learning but you will learn Payments business" ((in 57 reviews))

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PayPal Sr. Software Engineer reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(328 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

21% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

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3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated PayPal with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 328 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. PayPal is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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328 reviews

4.0

Sep 15, 2010

good place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

can get respect from other people. growing market work and life balance is good

Cons

tons of legacy codes but challenging to fix not so big booth for each person

5.0

Oct 4, 2009

Interesting place

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Vibrant atmosphere. * As stable as it could get ...

Cons

* Legacy . monolithic codebase in C++ * As with any other company - politics comes on top than anything else. Projects are assigned to different teams based on the cost center locations

2.0

Jan 18, 2009

Management actively promotes group think.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are mostly friendly. Benefits package is good. Company spends significant amount of money on moral boosting activities.

Cons

Management actively promotes only those who tell them what they want to hear, and suppresses dissenting opinions. This is particularly acute with regards to project planning, resulting in half-backed, rushed code. A direct quote from management. "Don't ask the domain tech lead so many hard questions."

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