Staff Agentic AI Engineer

About the role

PayPal is hiring a Staff Agentic AI Engineer to build agentic commerce, agentic knowledge and personalization solutions. As a Staff Software Engineer, you act as a technical project leader, coordinating other engineers, defining technical tasks and improving existing systems and processes. You make key technical decisions, partner with management to set engineering standards and represent the company to external partners. The role suits an AI engineer familiar with the full agent-building lifecycle and experienced with cloud platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
• Determine the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
• Proactively improve existing structures and processes
• Exercise judgement in reconciling competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to find optimal solutions
• Notice patterns and turn repetition into generalized solutions
• Collaborate with management to set and improve engineering standards
• Represent PayPal to partners, customers and industry organizations

Required profile

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Required skills

• Preferred: Python, Java, LangGraph, RAG, prompt and context engineering
• Preferred: GCP Vertex AI, Bigtable, Cloud SQL, vector databases

What we offer

• A balanced hybrid model with 3 days in the office and 2 days at the office or home
• Generous paid time off and healthcare coverage for you and your family
• Choice-based programs supporting physical, emotional and financial wellbeing