Is PayPal a good company to work for as a Software Enginerer?

Software Enginerer professionals working at PayPal have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 602 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of PayPal employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Enginerer Jobs at PayPal now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Enginerer interview questions at PayPal .

Does PayPal pay Software Enginerer employees well?

Software Enginerer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at PayPal with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 602 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Enginerer salaries at PayPal.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PayPal?

Software Engineer (671) , Senior Software Engineer (332) , Customer Service Representative (259) , Data Scientist (142) , Product Manager (139) , 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?

"The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 933 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 646 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 430 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 331 reviews)); "work culture is good and helpful" ((in 294 reviews))

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

"very frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 292 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 228 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 101 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 63 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 60 reviews))

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PayPal Software Enginerer reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(602 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

26% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Software Enginere employees have rated PayPal with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 602 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Enginere professionals have a good working experience there. PayPal is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Enginere professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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602 reviews

2.0

Apr 8, 2026

Leadership change every next day

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work Life balance is good.

Cons

In the 5 year duration, every manager and leader above me changed. And the CEO changed 3 times :)

3.0

Mar 30, 2026

Declining experience

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits Pay PTO Training materials Culture

Cons

Too much reorganization and restructuring

4.0

Mar 26, 2026

Supportive teammates but frequent reorgs and management changes

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good teammate , and support

Cons

re-org constantly, and managerial change

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