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How PayJoy hires

Truth index
B 78/100
Median time to fill
61 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
67%
Reposted roles
0%

PayJoy scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 12 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 67% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 61 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Visa sponsorship

  • United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 2 · green card filings: 3

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Overview

PayJoy is a financial technology company that lets people in emerging markets buy smartphones on credit, using device-locking technology as security and building a credit history for customers who have none. It operates in Mexico, Colombia, Indonesia, India, South Africa and other markets through retail partners and also offers cash loans to customers with a repayment record. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

News

News Forbes 3 months ago
PayJoy Loaned $3.5 Billion To The Unbanked Via Secured Credit
PayJoy's Doug Ricket has loaned $3.5 billion to 20 million underbanked customers across Mexico, Brazil and India by turning the smartphone into loan collateral.
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Press release PRNewswire 3 months ago
CNBC Names PayJoy one of the World
/PRNewswire/ -- CNBC and Statista have named PayJoy to the "World
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Press release PRNewswire 6 months ago
PayJoy Names Iván Canales Chief Revenue Officer as It Enters Its Next Phase of Scale
/PRNewswire/ -- PayJoy, a leading financial services provider in emerging markets, today announced the appointment of Iván Canales as Chief Revenue Officer. In...
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Press release PRNewswire 7 months ago
PayJoy Named Consumer BNPL Platform of the Year by FinTech Breakthrough
/PRNewswire/ -- PayJoy, a leading financial services provider for underserved consumers across emerging markets, has won the "Consumer BNPL Platform of the...
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Press release PRNewswire 8 months ago
PayJoy Secures $140 Million Debt Facility from Neuberger Berman Funds to Accelerate Global Expansion
/PRNewswire/ -- PayJoy, a leading emerging markets credit provider, has announced a $140 million corporate debt facility with funds managed by Neuberger,...
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News YahooFinance 1 year ago
PayJoy Marks 10 Years and 15 Million Customers: Focused on Expanding Responsible Financing in Emerging Markets
PayJoy, a Public Benefit Corporation focused on bringing responsible financing to underserved customers in emerging markets, is marking its 10th year of operations. Since 2015, the company has served over 15 million customers and is on track to reach $650
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Press release PRNewswire 1 year ago
PayJoy Marks 10 Years and 15 Million Customers: Focused on Expanding Responsible Financing in Emerging Markets
/PRNewswire/ -- PayJoy, a Public Benefit Corporation focused on bringing responsible financing to underserved customers in emerging markets, is marking its...
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Press release The Manila Times 2 years ago
PayJoy Powers Progress: Smartphone Finance Unlocks Credit Access for 13 Million
Ethical lending ensures greater financial stability for millions of underserved around the world
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at PayJoy over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
74
Postings analysed
69
Stack modernity
77/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL57%
Python39%
JavaScript12%
PHP12%
Frameworks & libraries
Vue.js10%
Django6%
Flask1%
Laravel1%
Databases
MySQL6%
Snowflake6%
BigQuery4%
Google BigQuery4%
Cloud & platforms
AWS16%
GCP10%
Azure7%
Kubernetes7%
AI & ML
LLM4%
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$290k
Typical range
$270k – $324k
Open positions
7
7 Jobs
Senior 42.9%
Staff 28.6%
Principal 14.3%
Architect 14.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Senior 3 $275k $270k – $290k
Staff 2 $297k $270k – $324k
Principal 1 $320k $320k
Architect 1 $321k $321k
Highest paying role Staff Software Engineer - Payments $324k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at PayJoy By role, level and city, against the market · 7 jobs with pay

People

Douglas Ricket
Executive Officer, Director
John Buttrick
Director
Josh McFarland
Director
Todd Schell
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
69/100
Growing
Open positions
67
7 opened / 11 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 22% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
18% ▲
Analytics
14% ▲
Finance
8%
Management
8% ▼
Backend
6% ▼
Product
6%
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+6 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Florianópolis Oct 2026
New location: Porto Alegre Oct 2026
New location: Lima Oct 2026
Added SLI/SLO/SLA to stack Oct 2026
Added TypeScript to stack Oct 2026
Added C# to stack Oct 2026
Added Windows to stack Oct 2026
Added Linux to stack Oct 2026
New location: Cali Sep 2026
Added Figma to stack Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added OWASP to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
18
Hiring now
14
Countries
12
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco United States
HQ
United States
6 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 200-500 est. staff $299k Avg Salary
hires for Product, Leadership, Backend
PayJoy, Inc.: 660 4th Street, Unit 139 San Francisco, CA 94107
seen since Feb 2026 company site, job postings
Mexico City Mexico
Plant / site
24 open roles 30 posted in 90 days 38% engineering 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Backend, Product
seen since Feb 2025 company site, job postings
Bogotá Colombia
Plant / site
Colombia
12 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, Analytics, Leadership
Calle 90 # 12 - 28, Bogotá
seen since Feb 2026 company site, job postings
Jakarta Indonesia
Sales office
Indonesia
10 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Sales, Administrative, Management
PayJoy, WeWork Revenue Tower, Scbd, Jl. Jend. Sudirman No.52-53, Senayan, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta, 12190
seen since Mar 2026 company site, job postings
Taguig Philippines
Regional office
6 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Sales, Industrial Engineering, Administrative
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Quito Ecuador
Regional office
5 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Analytics, Finance
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Panama Panama
Regional office
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, DevOps, Analytics
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
São Paulo Brazil
Regional office
4 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Management, Sales
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Lima Peru
Regional office
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Analytics, Industrial Engineering
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Johannesburg South Africa
Regional office
South Africa
2 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Finance, Sales
Corner Winnie Mandela Drive &, Winifred Mandela Precinct, Wedgewood Link Rd, Bryanston, Johannesburg, 2191
seen since Aug 2026 company site, job postings
Bengaluru India
Regional office
India
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Analytics
Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560025
seen since Apr 2026 company site, job postings
Puerto Princesa Philippines
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Cali Colombia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Loja Ecuador
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Shenzhen China
Regional office
China
10-50 est. staff
44F, Tower A, NEO Building, 6011 Shennan Avenue, Futian District, Shenzhen, 518048
seen since Nov 2025 company site
Metro Indonesia
Regional office
Philippines
PayJoy, WeWork, 36th S & 11th Avenue, BGC, Taguig, Metro Manila 1634.
company site
Winthrop United States
Regional office
Panama
Clayton, Ciudad del Saber, calle Winthrop, edificio 240, piso 2 oficina C
company site
Mexico United States
Regional office
Mexico
company site
Earlier presence
Curitiba, Brazil 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Cartagena, Colombia 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
Cebu City, Philippines 1 open roles · last posting Feb 2026
Porto Alegre, Brazil 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Florianópolis, Brazil 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026

Jobs

Hybrid • Full-Time • São Paulo
Python
SQL
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$268k – $275k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • United States
PHP
Laravel
Databases
RabbitMQ
Apache Kafka
Mobile
Twilio
DevOps
GCP
Datadog
Git
AWS
Kubernetes
Management
WhatsApp
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Hybrid • Full-Time • Mexico City
Python
SQL
Snowflake
Databricks
Analytics
A/B Testing
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≈ $93k – $268k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bogotá
Python
PHP
Kotlin
SQL
Django
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Incident Management
Management
Agile
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≈ $62k – $139k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • 6+ years exp • Mexico City
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≈ $77k – $188k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • 8+ years exp • Mexico City
SQL
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≈ $50k – $123k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Mexico City • Bogotá
Figma
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≈ $44k – $101k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Mexico City • Bogotá
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≈ $55k – $148k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Bogotá • Mexico City • Lima • Quito • Panama
Python
SQL
Snowflake
Apache Kafka
Google BigQuery
Amazon Redshift
BigQuery
AI/ML
dbt
DevOps
GCP
Azure
Git
AWS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Dimensional Modeling
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Hybrid • Full-Time • São Paulo
Python
Fine-tuning
Embeddings
Prompt Engineering
LLM
RAG
OpenAI
Anthropic
LLMOps
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
Azure
Git
AWS
Management
n8n
Zapier
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$300k – $321k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Master's Degree • San Francisco
Feature Store
Machine Learning
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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≈ $47k – $115k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bogotá
Python
SQL
A/B Testing
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Financials

Total raised
$164M
Latest round
Debt Financing
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Debt Financing 2026 $140M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2017 $6M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2016 $18M Details