Is PayPal a good company to work for as a Developer Senior?

Developer Senior professionals working at PayPal have rated their employer with 3.3 out of 5 stars in 319 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 Developer Senior Jobs at PayPal now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Developer Senior interview questions at PayPal .

Does PayPal pay Developer Senior employees well?

Developer Senior professionals rate their compensation and benefits at PayPal with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 319 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Developer Senior salaries at PayPal.

How happy are Developer Senior professionals working at PayPal?

47% of Developer Senior employees at PayPal would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 19% in the past 12 months. Developer Senior professionals have also rated PayPal with a 3.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.3 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 Developer Senior reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(319 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

21% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Developer Senior employees have rated PayPal with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 319 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Developer Senior professionals have a good working experience there. PayPal is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Developer Senior professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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319 reviews

1.0

Apr 28, 2026

Deteriorating company culture with poor leadership and processes

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you are lucky, you get to work with great teammates.

Cons

PayPal is done. Their competition will consume them. It has become a relic company; only their long-standing, just-as-ancient merchant customers are keeping them alive. Extremely bloated legacy software. Convoluted processes. Leadership is so far removed from the products and processes, it's a wonder why they are even leaders. Managers only care about their head count and saving their own skins; there is zero true advocacy for their reports. The turnover is wild. The company has lost direction and momentum. From the bottom of my heart, I would stay away unless you are strategically joining them for a quick currency grab.

5.0

Apr 27, 2026

Good working environment but frequent leadership changes

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working Environment is good and no micro management

Cons

leadership changes often and goals is also change more frequent

4.0

Apr 23, 2026

Interesting challenges with no downsides

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting challenges Good team Decent benefits

Cons

Work beyond hours Free food average

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