Senior Software Engineer, Product

About the role

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. Product engineers at Pave build the core workflows and experiences that power how companies plan, execute, and communicate all aspects of compensation. You will be leading projects and building features that are at the forefront of compensation intelligence. You'll work closely with Product and Design to ship features used daily by compensation teams, managers, and employees at companies like OpenAI, Databricks, and Atlassian. This team moves fast, iterates based on direct customer feedback, and owns their work end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer needs and feedback into sound technical decisions, balancing speed and robust architecture.
• Break ambiguous, complex problems into concrete milestones and drive them to completion with minimal oversight.
• Influence design decisions across the team, mentor other engineers, and bring people along through clear reasoning.
• Thrive in fast-paced environments and ship thoughtful solutions without overengineering.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-stack, backend, or frontend engineering experience, ideally with modern web technologies such as TypeScript and Node.js.
• Experience building data-intensive applications.
• Strong product intuition and execution-driven mindset.
• Proven ability to lead technically and mentor engineers.

Nice to have

• Experience at a B2B SaaS company, especially during a period of rapid growth or platform expansion.

Pay

Targeted cash compensation for this role (P4): $195,500 - $264,500.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity.
• Best-in-class medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.
• Unlimited PTO and the freedom to work from anywhere in the world for up to a month.
• Lunch and dinner stipends plus fully stocked kitchens.
• Quarterly education stipend to invest in skills and knowledge.
• Robust parental leave.
• Commuter stipend to support in-person collaboration.

Schedule

Hybrid culture with teams together in person 3 to 4 days a week. Headquarters in San Francisco and regional hubs in New York City, Salt Lake City, Kraków (Poland), and the United Kingdom.

About Us

Founded in 2019, Pave has grown into a global force in compensation management, giving thousands of companies the tools to take control, build confidence, and earn credibility in every pay decision. Our platform manages $190+ billion in total compensation spend, with 70% of Forbes AI 50 using Pave to benchmark compensation. Top-tier companies like OpenAI, McDonald’s, Instacart, Atlassian, Synopsys, Stripe, Databricks, and Waymo rely on Pave to transform pay decisions into competitive advantages. We’ve raised $160M from leading investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures.

Culture

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.

Every Friday, the whole company gathers for our Team Sync: breakfast, new hire welcomes, product updates, fireside chats, and the occasional Kahoot.

Vision & Mission

• Vision: Unlock a labor market built on trust.
• Mission: Build confidence in every compensation decision.