PayPal Software Developer reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(635 total reviews)
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Enrique Lores

26% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated PayPal with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 635 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. PayPal is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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635 reviews
2.0
Aug 6, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

nice device to code on cool tech talks nice coworkers

Cons

nepotism-managers and upper management only give career opportunities to those they favor-their favorites are never critiqued like others seems to heavily hire Indian workers and are biased in favor of them some of the Indian coworkers are condescending in the email

4.0
Jul 30, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of challenging problems Good benefits and pay

Cons

San Jose always gets priority and cool projects, other locations don't get much attention. Hard to get promoted from Austin

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