Senior Content Designer jobs at Paypal in United States, San Jose

As a Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test, you’ll design and execute comprehensive manual and exploratory tests to ensure seamless, high-quality releases. You’ll collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to validate new features, assess end-to-end experiences, and ensure a consistent, high-trust user journey. In this role, you’ll own the testing lifecycle — defining test strategies, conducting regression and feature validation, managing release readiness, and driving continuous quality improvements. You’ll also identify opportunities to build or extend automation frameworks and tools that reduce manual effort, improve coverage, and enhance testing efficiency.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
• Advises immediate management on project-level issues
• Guides junior engineers
• Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
• Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions

Expected Qualifications:

• 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Responsibilities

• Proven experience performing both manual and automated testing for large-scale web applications, ensuring quality across frontend, backend, and data layers.

• Strong expertise in frontend and backend validation, including UI flows, APIs, and service-level integrations.

• Hands-on experience with modern automation frameworks such as Playwright or Cypress, with a deep understanding of test design and best practices for scalable web testing.

• Ability to design and build test automation frameworks from scratch, defining architecture, structure, and reusable components that accelerate team-wide adoption.

• Experience defining test strategies, coverage plans, and quality gates for complex features and distributed systems.

• Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI) to enable automated regression and continuous validation.

• Skilled in debugging and root-cause analysis, using browser developer tools, network inspection, and logs to troubleshoot issues across the full stack.

• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to influence quality practices across engineering teams and advocate for release readiness.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $123,500 to $212,850

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please

Essential Responsibilities:

• Perform work assignments using specialized content design knowledge and developed business expertise
• Lead projects and/or programs within content design family with moderate scope impacting function or sub-function
• Analyze, evaluate, and make decisions within general parameters under broad supervision
• May act as a subject matter resource for entry level and developing colleagues

Expected Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $84,500 to $140,250

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please

This job identifies issues and recommends best practices to enhance user experience. They lead functional projects and programs aimed at improving user engagement and satisfaction while analyzing business trends to inform strategies. Responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders to prioritize user needs in design processes and facilitating workshops to gather insights and feedback from users.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop plans to enhance the user and customer experience across the digital and physical products and meet team performance
• Perform more-complex customer experiences that require highly specialized user interface and product design knowledge and advanced business expertise
• Lead some projects or programs within the product function and may coordinate activities of others
• Design process, product, and service improvements based on understanding of business needs and industry trends
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments that may impact activities of others
• Analyze business trends to inform user experience strategies and initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure user needs are prioritized in design processes.

Expected Qualifications:

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

What You’ll do

• Elevate brand storytelling by translating abstract ideas and data into visually compelling narratives that communicate our strategy and vision for the future of AI.
• Design visually compelling, brand-aligned presentations that clearly communicate complex ideas and drive strategic impact
• Shape storytelling and brand presence through programs, newsletters, collateral, and UI design that communicate our AI vision while delivering clear, polished, and consistent experiences.
• S upport high-visibility initiatives including external and internal events, conferences, and strategic partnerships
• Collaborate across disciplines including designers, writers, product managers, marketing teams, and executives to translate abstract strategies and data into impactful visual narratives.
• Develop and maintain design systems, templates, libraries, and brand guidelines to ensure consistency and scalability.
• Champion best practices by contributing feedback, fostering collaboration, and helping shape the evolution of our brands, products, and visual voice.

About You
You'll thrive as a Staff Experience Designer if you:

• Bring 8+ years of experience in visual, brand, or communication design, with a strong portfolio showcasing impactful visual storytelling, branding, and illustration.
• Are a visual storyteller who can distill complex ideas into clean, compelling, and emotionally resonant visuals.
• Demonstrate mastery of typography, layout, color theory, and visual hierarchy across both digital and print touchpoints.
• Are a highly organized problem-solver who can juggle multiple projects, manage feedback loops, and deliver high-quality work under tight timelines.
• Are comfortable collaborating with senior leaders and cross-functional teams from project initiation to final delivery.
• Communicate effectively and collaboratively with teams and stakeholders at all levels, from initial concept through final execution.
• Are fluent in design tools such as PowerPoint, Figma (including strong prototyping skills), Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), and Microsoft Office; illustration and motion design skills are a plus.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $152,500 to $262,350

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please

Essential Responsibilities:

• Create comprehensive end-to-end process maps.
• Identify and resolve complex problems within business processes to drive global improvements.
• Develop detailed business requirements.
• Manage and oversee user acceptance testing.
• Act as a subject matter expert to guide teams in process improvement initiatives.
• Establish and implement best practices for the function.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows and enhance operational effectiveness.
• Develop and track key performance metrics.
• Document and standardize processes.

Expected Qualifications:

• 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Define and own the multi-year procurement transformation roadmap, aligning process improvements with technology enablement to achieve strategic business objectives

• and prioritize high-impact transformation opportunities based on business value, ROI, and strategic alignment

• Drive execution of transformation initiatives from strategy through implementation, ensuring delivery of committed business outcomes

• Bridge the gap between procurement business processes and technology solutions, ensuring seamless integration and adoption

• Assess current-state capabilities and design future-state operating models thatleveragetechnology tooptimizeprocesses

• Establish metrics and KPIs to measure transformation impact on productivity, efficiency, compliance, and cost reduction

• Serve as strategic liaison between business, technology, engineering, product, and compliance teams

• Lead cross-functional transformation governance and influence technology roadmaps to prioritize procurement needs

• Manage procurement technology vendors and ensure investments deliver on transformation commitments

• Document transformation requirements that connect business needs with engineering-ready technology specifications

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $111,500 to $191,950

Belonging at PayPal:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please

This job identifies issues and recommends best practices to enhance user experience. They lead functional projects and programs aimed at improving user engagement and satisfaction while analyzing business trends to inform strategies. Responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders to prioritize user needs in design processes and facilitating workshops to gather insights and feedback from users.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop plans to enhance the user and customer experience across the digital and physical products and meet team performance
• Perform more-complex customer experiences that require highly specialized user interface and product design knowledge and advanced business expertise
• Lead some projects or programs within the product function and may coordinate activities of others
• Design process, product, and service improvements based on understanding of business needs and industry trends
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments that may impact activities of others
• Analyze business trends to inform user experience strategies and initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure user needs are prioritized in design processes.

Expected Qualifications:

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $152,500 to $262,350

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please

This job involves independent collaboration to enhance user experience processes, influencing quality and effectiveness. The designer determines appropriate actions for user experience challenges while overseeing team performance. Responsibilities include conducting user research, creating intuitive designs, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals, all while prioritizing user needs and preferences to deliver engaging and aesthetically pleasing experiences.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop plans to enhance the user and customer experience across the digital and physical products and meet team performance
• Perform more-complex customer experiences that require highly specialized user interface and product design knowledge and advanced business expertise
• Lead some projects or programs within the product function and may coordinate activities of others
• Design process, product, and service improvements based on understanding of business needs and industry trends
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments that may impact activities of others
• Analyze business trends to inform user experience strategies and initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure user needs are prioritized in design processes.

Expected Qualifications:

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $152,500 to $262,350

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop clear objectives and priorities within content design to deliver results and meet organizational goals
• Influence decision-making at the senior leadership level
• Perform the most highly complex work assignments using domain knowledge and extensive business expertise
• Develop and deliver innovative content design strategies that enhance user experience and benefit customers and/or clients
• Lead major business projects which impact the content design unit or the product function
• Design, evaluate, and select process, product, and service improvements based on thorough understanding of business needs and industry trends

Expected Qualifications:

• 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $123,500 to $212,850

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please