PayPal is hiring a Software Engineer for its Bangalore, Chennai team in 2026. The role is based in Bengaluru and requires a bachelor’s degree with at least one year of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. You will develop and test production software, work with Product, QA, Design and engineering teams, and contribute to AI/LLM-assisted tools and automation. It is worth considering if you want hands-on exposure to payment technology, modern software engineering practices and generative AI without requiring deep machine learning specialisation.
Company Overview
PayPal is a global payments company that helps consumers and businesses send, receive and manage money across approximately 200 markets. Its two-sided network connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers, supporting online and in-person payments, payouts, transfers, risk management and cross-border commerce.
| Company Name | PayPal |
| Job Role | Software Engineer |
| Qualification | Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience |
| Job Location | Bangalore, Chennai |
| Experience | 1+ years of relevant experience |
| Employment Type | Full Time |
Role Overview
The Software Engineer will join a team building and maintaining applications used in PayPal’s payments ecosystem. The position combines regular software development with opportunities to work on generative AI capabilities, developer tooling and engineering automation.
- Implement software development tasks with guidance from experienced engineers.
- Develop, test, debug and maintain production features and software modules.
- Work with product, QA, design and engineering partners to deliver features end to end.
- Support reliable applications through unit testing, integration testing and production troubleshooting.
- Explore practical uses of AI and LLM technologies in engineering workflows and products.
Eligibility & Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree with 1+ years of relevant experience is required, or candidates may qualify through an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Apply PayPal’s internal standards, processes and established procedures while making technical decisions.
- Collaborate with peers, the manager and the project lead to understand assigned tasks and review solutions.
- Contribute to code reviews and design reviews when required.
- Create unit and integration tests for reliable and maintainable software.
- Investigate production issues and identify ways to improve application reliability.
- Build or support internal developer tools and automation, including AI and LLM-assisted workflows where applicable.
- Participate in Agile activities such as sprint planning and daily stand-ups.
- Assess emerging technologies and identify useful applications for engineering problems.
Skills Required
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming and software engineering fundamentals.
- Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language such as Java, Python, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript or Go.
- Familiarity with SQL or NoSQL databases, REST APIs, Git, testing practices, CI/CD concepts and basic system design.
- Exposure to LLM APIs or models such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, Llama or Mistral.
- Knowledge or project experience in prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation or agentic workflows.
- Familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face Transformers or vector databases is useful.
- Experience with AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code.
- Coursework, internships, hackathons or personal projects involving machine learning, NLP or generative AI are beneficial.
- Basic understanding of embeddings, fine-tuning or model evaluation.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration and learning skills.
Why Join PayPal
This role provides practical exposure to a global payments platform while allowing engineers to strengthen their skills across software development, testing, production support and Agile delivery. The team is also expanding its use of generative AI, giving employees the opportunity to explore LLM-assisted product capabilities, developer tooling and automation. PayPal supports a balanced hybrid model for most employees, with three days in the office and two days from the office or home workspace.
How to Apply for PayPal Hiring 2026
Eligible and Interested candidates can apply using the below-mentioned link before the link expires. Applicants need to register with the company portal in order to complete the registration process.
Apply Link (Bangalore): Click Here To Apply
Apply Link (Chennai): Click Here To Apply
