Senior Software Engineer, Product

Worky; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 195,500 - 264,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible PTO

Education stipend

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Pave is seeking a skilled product engineer in New York, NY, to develop compensation software that empowers companies in their pay decisions. You will lead impactful projects, ensuring robust solutions that meet real customer needs.

Applicants should have over 5 years of experience with modern web technologies, specifically in full-stack, backend, or frontend roles. Pave offers a hybrid work environment and a comprehensive benefits package tailored to support your work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack, backend, or frontend engineering experience.
• Strong product intuition to translate customer needs into technical decisions.
• Proven ability to manage complex problems with minimal oversight.
• Technical leadership skills for team influence and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Build core workflows and experiences for compensation management.
• Lead projects and features with a focus on customer feedback.
• Collaborate with Product and Design teams for feature delivery.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

Full-stack engineering

Backend engineering

Frontend engineering

Data-intensive applications

Job description

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.

Product @ Pave

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.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of full‑stack, backend, or frontend engineering experience, ideally with modern web technologies such as TypeScript and Node.js, including experience building data‑intensive applications.
• Strong product intuition: you translate customer needs and feedback into sound technical decisions, and know when to move fast versus invest in robust architecture.
• Proven ability to break ambiguous, complex problems into concrete milestones and drive them to completion with minimal oversight.
• Technical leadership: you influence design decisions across the team, mentor other engineers, and bring people along through clear reasoning.
• Execution‑driven mindset: you thrive in fast‑paced environments and ship thoughtful solutions without overengineering.
• Nice to have: experience at a B2B SaaS company, especially during a period of rapid growth or platform expansion.

Compensation, It’s What We Do.

At Pave, we believe compensation should be as thoughtful as the people we hire. Your total rewards package includes meaningful equity, best‑in‑class medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited PTO, and region‑specific benefits designed around your life — not just your role. Your level and compensation are determined by your experience and how you show up throughout the interview process. We’re always happy to walk you through how we think about leveling — just ask.

Targeted cash compensation for this role:

P4: $195,500 – $264,500

Benefits @ Pave

At Pave, growth isn’t a perk — it’s the point. As you develop, your role expands, your responsibilities deepen, and your compensation reflects the impact you’re making.

• 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 — because life doesn’t pause, and neither should you.
• Fuel for the Work: Lunch and dinner stipends plus fully stocked kitchens, so you can stay energized without thinking twice about it.
• 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 so you can be fully present for the moments that count.
• Getting Here, Made Easier: A commuter stipend to support the in‑person collaboration that makes great work happen.

Life @ Pave

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 — giving thousands of companies the tools to take control, build confidence, and earn credibility in every pay decision they make. And we’re just getting started. 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 — wherever you’re based, you’ll find the same thing: people who genuinely care about the work, each other, and the customers that rely on Pave.

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. It’s one of the things people notice when they join us — that we truly enjoy spending time together.

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.

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.

Still deliberating? Just apply! We’re always excited to meet people who are eager to contribute.

As set forth in Pave’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.