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 1036 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 929 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 644 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 410 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 338 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 283 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 233 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 105 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 65 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 63 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

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

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319 reviews

4.0

May 4, 2026

Positive team and work, but frequent reorganizations

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good team and good work and good manager. Snsnnsns

Cons

Constant re orgs. S s s. S s s s s s s s

1.0

May 4, 2026

Mass layoff experience with poor management transition

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There were no pros to this

Cons

Part of mass layoff. manager got moved new manager joined and I got shafted

3.0

May 4, 2026

Tech stacks are good, but fear of layoffs looms

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Tech stacks can be one of the pros apart from that there is only cons.

Cons

Every quarter fear of layoff. Visibility matters more than work. More reliability on AI tools No innovations No intentions to compete with there competitor PayPal is like a drowning ship

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