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Senior Software Engineer - Developer Platform

San Francisco, CA

Who We Are

At Pave, we're combining the world's largest real-time compensation dataset with deep expertise in AI and Machine Learning to reimagine how our clients make compensation decisions. By building the operating system for compensation, we're perfecting the art and science of pay to give 8,500+ companies unparalleled confidence in every compensation decision.

OpenAI, Instacart, Ramp, Snowflake, Stripe, Databricks, Okta, Perplexity, and 8,500+ companies use Pave to power their compensation ecosystems and transform every pay decision into a competitive advantage.

The future of pay is real-time & predictive, and Pave has raised $160M in funding to lead the way. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures, we are transforming the compensation landscape.

Pave By The Numbers 

  • $190+ Billion in Total compensation spend managed in Pave workflows
  • 8,500+ Companies using Pave 
  • 1+ Million Unique employees auto-matched into Pave's real-time dataset
  • 135X Increase in equity benchmarks delivered with machine learning
  • 58% of Forbes AI 50 use Pave to benchmark compensation

The Research & Design Org @ Pave 

Pave's R&D pillar includes our 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.

Our engineering team moves between ideation, scoping, and execution in a matter of days while closely iterating with cross-functional partners on requirements. At Pave, we use TypeScript, Node.js, and React, hosted on GCP. 

The Platform Team @ Pave

The Platform team sits at the epicenter of Pave Engineering. As a member of the Developer Platform team, you will be tasked with designing and implementing scalable, secure cloud infrastructure and creating the development tooling and processes that enable Pave engineers to ship enterprise-quality software with high velocity. You will play a technical leadership role by providing design and architectural guidance to product teams, establishing foundational technologies, patterns, and practices, and helping to shape Pave’s technical roadmap.

What You'll Bring

  • 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure. Proficiency in backend software development. 
  • Experience using observability tooling to monitor, profile, and optimize web applications.
  • Experience incorporating security best practices in large technical designs.
  • High developer empathy. Passionate about improving the quality of life of fellow engineers.
  • Experience leading large technical projects with high ambiguity and numerous stakeholders.
  • Execution oriented. Eager to not only design technical solutions, but also dive into the technical weeds and drive implementation

What You'll Be Doing

  • Architect, build, and manage enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure to support the security & compliance requirements of Pave’s largest, most sophisticated customers.
  • Develop a best-in-class development experience, equipping engineers with the tooling that enables rapid, high-quality software development.
  • Develop foundational components and patterns, with built-in security, observability, and performance, that allows product engineers to focus on driving customer value. 
  • Define Engineering best practices and drive adoption across the organization.

Compensation, It's What We Do.

Salary is just one component of Pave's total compensation package for employees. 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. 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. 

Salary Range for this role: $195,500 - $264,500

Life @ Pave 

Since being founded in 2019 Pave has grown globally. We’re based across our HQ in San Francisco’s FiDi neighborhood, Flatiron in NYC and regional hubs in Salt Lake City and the United Kingdom.  We embrace a high-energy, collaborative in-person work environment at these locations, operating on a hybrid schedule that brings teams together in-office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. 

Benefits 

At Pave roles, responsibilities, and compensation grow as you do, reflecting our commitment to your professional development.

  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental and vision coverage for you and your family, with plenty of options to suit your needs 
  • Flexible PTO and the ability to work from anywhere in the world for a month 
  • Lunch & dinner stipends as well as fully stocked kitchens to fuel you
  • Quarterly education stipend to continuously grow
  • Robust parental leave to bond with your new family
  • A commuter stipend to help you collaborate in person 

 

Vision 

Our vision is to unlock a labor market built on trust.

Mission 

Our team's mission is to build confidence in every compensation decision.

Values 

Our four values are intellectual honesty, playing to win, upholding the Pave platinum standard, and hug of jawn! 

Are you ready to help our clients make smarter, more effective compensation decisions?

 

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