PayPal

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

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1 day ago
San Jose, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$197k - $292k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and optimization of advanced machine learning models.
  • Oversee preprocessing and analysis of large datasets.
  • Deploy and maintain ML solutions in production environments.
  • Integrate ML models into products and services with cross-functional teams.
  • Monitor and evaluate deployed model performance and make necessary adjustments.
  • Design and develop deep neural network, recommendation, search, ranking, personalization, LLM, and agentic AI systems.
  • Build and ship production LLM applications using fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation, and prompt engineering.
  • Design agentic systems with tool use, planning, memory, and multi-agent orchestration.
  • Develop LLM and agent evaluation, guardrail, observability, hallucination-detection, and inference-optimization capabilities.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Extensive experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
  • Expertise with AWS, Azure, or GCP and tools for data processing and model deployment.
  • Preferred: a master’s degree or PhD in computer science, machine learning, or a related field.
  • Preferred: experience with DNN solutions, large-scale ads, recommendation, search, ranking, user modeling, personalization, embeddings, retrieval, learning-to-rank, and user behavior or intent modeling.
  • Preferred: production LLM applications, LoRA/PEFT fine-tuning, RAG, prompt engineering, agentic frameworks, LLM evaluation, guardrails, observability, and inference optimization.

Benefits

  • Balanced hybrid work model with 3 days in the office and 2 days at the office or home workspace.
  • Generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for employees and families, mental-health resources, and financial-security support.
  • Additional compensation may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation.
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About PayPal

10,000+ employees

PayPal builds digital payments platforms for consumers and merchants, including PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom, supporting online, in‑app, and in‑person checkout and peer‑to‑peer transfers. It earns primarily from transaction and merchant processing fees, plus value‑added services such as risk management and branded credit. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Jose, California, PayPal operates in roughly 200 markets and is a public company traded on NASDAQ.

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