Software Engineer - Developer Platform
About The Position
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. The Research & Development Org 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. Compensation strategy is broken down into 3 pillars - compensation bands , planning workflows , and total rewards communication . We build products that make these processes seamless for customers. Over the next year, our roadmap is focused 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 ! The Developer Team @ Pave The Developer Platform team sits at the heart of Pave Engineering. We own the infrastructure, tooling, and workflows that enable every team to ship enterprise-grade software with speed and confidence. As an engineer on the team, you’ll play a technical leadership role in shaping developer experience, scaling our production systems, and establishing foundational engineering patterns adopted across the org.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or developer experience engineering.
- Passion for improving developer experience and velocity.
- Strong debugging and systems-thinking skills.
- Proven ability to lead ambiguous projects with cross-team impact.
- Excellent communication and developer empathy: You enjoy enabling others to work more effectively.
- Execution-oriented mindset: You’re comfortable diving deep into technical details to deliver real impact.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with CI/CD, observability, TypeScript, monorepo tooling, automated testing, expertise with GCP (or another major cloud provider), or AI/ML tooling.
Benefits
- Complete Health Coverage : Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision coverage for you and your family, with plenty of options to suit your needs
- Time off & Flexibility : Flexible PTO and the ability to work from anywhere in the world for a month
- Meals & Snacks : Lunch & dinner stipends as well as fully stocked kitchens to fuel you
- Professional Development : Quarterly education stipend to continuously grow
- Family Support : Robust parental leave to bond with your new family
- Commuter Assistance : A commuter stipend to help you collaborate in person
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
