Pave

Pave

Senior Software Engineer - Core Platform

San Francisco, CA & New York, NY · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$196k-$265kDetected 83 days ago
TypeScriptReactNode.jsMySQLDatabricksGCPMachine LearningData EngineeringCompensation

About the role

  • The future of pay is real-time & predictive, and we're making it happen right now.
  • Learn more about our engineering principles here!
  • Your level is based on our assessment of your interview performance and experience, which you can always ask the hiring manager about to understand in more detail.

Compensation

  • 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
  • Salary is just one component of Pave's total compensation package for employees.
  • This salary range may include multiple levels.

Benefits

  • Your total rewards package at Pave will include equity, top-notch medical, dental, and vision coverage, an unlimited PTO policy, and many other region-specific benefits.

Company info

  • 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 is perfecting the art and science of pay to give 8,500+ companies unparalleled confidence in every compensation decision.
  • Top tier companies like OpenAI, McDonald's, Instacart, Atlassian, Synopsys, Stripe, Databricks, and Waymo use Pave, transforming every pay decision into a competitive advantage. $190+ billion in total compensation spend is managed in our workflows, and 70% of Forbes AI 50 use Pave to benchmark compensation.
  • The future of pay is real-time & predictive, and we're making it happen right now. We've raised $160M in funding from leading investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures.
  • Core Platform @ Pave
  • breakfast, new hire welcomes, product updates, fireside chats, and yes, the occasional Kahoot.
  • It's one of the things people notice when they join us - that we truly enjoy spending time together.
  • Be Intellectually Honest - Truth over comfort. We face reality clearly and speak directly, even when it's hard.
  • Play to Win - We're not here to participate. We're here to be the #1 compensation platform in the world, and we act like it.
  • Uphold the Pave Platinum Standard - We hold ourselves to the highest bar - for our customers, our data, and each other.
  • One Team - We win and lose together. Titles don't drive decisions here - shared goals do.
  • Hug of Jawn - Hard to define, impossible to miss. Ask your recruiter.
  • Build confidence in every compensation decision.
  • We build software that transforms how companies pay their people - and we believe the team behind that software deserves the same thoughtfulness.
  • If you're ready to help shape the future of compensation alongside people who are smart, humble, and genuinely motivated by the problem we're solving, we'd love to meet you.
  • 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 is perfecting the art and science of pay to give 8,500+ companies unparalleled confidence in every compensation decision.
  • We've raised $160M in funding from leading investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures.
  • The Core Platform team sits at the center of Pave Engineering, bridging product and platform engineering.
  • We build the foundational services, APIs, and abstractions that enable every team to ship enterprise-grade software with speed and confidence.
  • In this role, you'll own critical services like user authentication and authorization, as well as the foundational data infrastructure and models powering Pave's compensation intelligence platform.
  • Success in this role 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

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