Job Details

Senior Software Engineer - Core Platform

Overview

At Pave, we're building the industry's leading compensation platform, combining the world's largest real-time compensation dataset with deep expertise in AI and machine learning. Our platform powers compensation decisionsfor 8,500+ companies, enabling real-time and predictive insights.

Top tier companies use Pave to benchmark compensation, and our platform handles significant total compensation spend. We've raised substantial funding to advance our products and technology.

The Research & Development Org

Pave's R&D pillar includes data science, engineering, information technology, product design, product management, and security teams. This organization builds, maintains, and secures a platform used by more than 8,500+ client organizations.

Compensation strategy is built around three pillars — compensation bands, planning workflows, and total rewards communication. We build products that make these processes seamless for customers. Our roadmap focuses on enhancing the entire compensation lifecycle, from philosophy definition to market trend analysis, band adjustments, merit cycles, and employee communication. We're seeking passionate engineers who are excited about building robust, data-rich systems that simplify complex compensation processes at scale.

Learn more about our engineering principles here.

Core Platform @ Pave

The Core Platform team sits at the center of Pave Engineering, bridging product and platform engineering. We build foundational services, APIs, and abstractions that enable enterprise‑grade software with speed and confidence. In this role, you'll own critical services like user authentication and authorization, as well as foundational data infrastructure and models powering Pave's compensation intelligence platform. Success requires strong systems thinking and the ability to drive large, complex initiatives across the organization.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience building data intensive applications, ideally utilizing modern web technologies such as TypeScript and Node.js
• Strong product intuition with the ability to design generalized platform solutions that solve cross-product challenges
• Hands-on experience with data infrastructure, data pipelines/ETLs, data modeling; ML/AI platform experience a plus
• Experience leading large technical projects with high ambiguity and numerous stakeholders
• Execution-driven mindset: you thrive in fast-paced environments, bias toward action, and ship thoughtful solutions with maintainability and scalability in mind

Our stack includes: TypeScript, Node.js, MySQL, Prisma, and React, hosted on GCP

Compensation & Benefits

Salary is just one component of Pave's total compensation package. Your total rewards package includes equity, medical/dental/vision coverage, an unlimited PTO policy, and other region-specific benefits. Your level is based on interview performance and experience. The targeted cash compensation for this position is level-dependent.

The targeted cash compensation for this position is (level depends on experience and performance in the interview process):

P4: $195,500 - $230,000

Life @ Pave

Headquartered in San Francisco with regional hubs, we foster a collaborative hybrid culture and in-person collaboration on select days to drive innovation and relationships.