---
title: "Sam Parsons"
category: "people"
role: "Senior Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead"
company: "PayPal Braintree"
twitter: "https://x.com/sjparsons"
website: "https://sjparsons.com"
sourceLabels: ["Official speaker roster", "Official conference schedule"]
---
# Sam Parsons

## Profile
Senior Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead at [[paypal-braintree|PayPal Braintree]].

- [X / Twitter](https://x.com/sjparsons)
- [Website](https://sjparsons.com)

## Biography
Sam Parsons is a Senior Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead at [[paypal-braintree|PayPal Braintree]]. His current team builds Payments Orchestration, and he has more than 15 years of experience building critical fintech, travel, higher-education, and government software systems.

## Conference Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-sam-parsons-how-paypal-enterprise-payments-handles-agent-initiated-payments-across-chatgpt-and-google-ai-mode]] — How PayPal Enterprise Payments handles agent-initiated payments across ChatGPT and Google AI Mode (2026-06-29, 10:45am-11:05am)

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### Linked Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-sam-parsons-how-paypal-enterprise-payments-handles-agent-initiated-payments-across-chatgpt-and-google-ai-mode|How PayPal Enterprise Payments handles agent-initiated payments across ChatGPT and Google AI Mode]]

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