Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

About Us

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 80% 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.

About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain foundational services, APIs, and abstractions for Pave’s engineering teams.
• Own critical services such as user authentication and authorization.
• Develop and manage data infrastructure, data pipelines/ETLs, and data models powering Pave’s compensation intelligence platform.
• Drive large technical projects with high ambiguity and numerous stakeholders.
• Design generalized platform solutions that solve cross-product challenges with a strong product intuition.

Requirements

• 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.
• Hands-on experience with data infrastructure, data pipelines/ETLs, and data modeling; ML/AI platform experience a plus.
• Proven track record of leading large technical projects with high ambiguity and numerous stakeholders.
• Execution-driven mindset: thrive in fast-paced environments, bias toward action, and ship thoughtful solutions with maintainability and scalability in mind.

Skills

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

Pay

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

• P4: $195,500 - $264,500

Benefits

• Your Health, Fully Covered: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family, with a range of options designed to meet you where you are.
• Time That's Actually Yours: Flexible PTO and the freedom to work from anywhere in the world for up to a month.
• Fuel for the Work: Lunch and dinner stipends plus fully stocked kitchens.
• Room to Keep Growing: A quarterly education stipend to invest in the skills and knowledge that matter most to you.
• Support When It Matters Most: Robust parental leave.
• Getting Here, Made Easier: A commuter stipend to support in-person collaboration.

About Our Culture

Founded in 2019 with a clear purpose and a team that has never wavered from it, Pave has grown into a global force in compensation management. Headquartered in San Francisco's Financial District, with regional hubs in New York City's Flatiron District, Salt Lake City, Kraków (Poland), and the United Kingdom. We run a hybrid culture that brings teams together in person 3 to 4 days a week — and every Friday, the whole company gathers for our Team Sync: breakfast, new hire welcomes, product updates, fireside chats, and yes, the occasional Kahoot.

Our culture is shaped by five values we live every day:

• 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.

Our Vision: Unlock a labor market built on trust.

Our Mission: Build confidence in every compensation decision.