Senior Software Engineer, Pave
Backend
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4+ days a week in office
Employee compensation tools
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Employee compensation tools
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
4+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build the world's best compensation tools and easily accessible market data so companies can plan, communicate, and benchmark in real-time.
Role
Who you are
- We're seeking passionate engineers who are excited about building robust, data-rich systems that simplify complex compensation processes at scale
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally using modern web technologies such as TypeScript and Node.js, with at least 2 years building data-intensive applications
- Strong understanding of secure data architecture: Expert in designing databases, optimizing queries, and processing large datasets efficiently and securely
- Strong product intuition: You use customer needs to guide technical decisions and know when to prioritize fast iteration versus robust architecture
- Execution-driven mindset: You thrive in fast-paced environments, bias toward action, and ship thoughtful solutions without overengineering
- Adaptability in ambiguity: You’re comfortable filling in gaps, validating direction through prototypes, and evolving your approach as you learn
- Collaborative working style: You work well with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers, and care deeply about delivering value to users
- Nice to have: Experience at B2B SaaS companies, especially during periods of rapid growth or platform expansion
What the job involves
- Our engineering team moves between ideation, scoping, and execution in a matter of days while closely iterating with cross-functional partners on requirements
- Our roadmap is built around four core jobs that compensation leaders need to accomplish:
- Market Data: We enable compensation professionals to access reliable, comprehensive compensation data to make informed decisions
- Market Pricing: We help compensation teams efficiently price jobs against market data and construct appropriate salary ranges
- Comp Planning: We empower compensation teams, leaders, and managers to plan and allocate compensation budgets with confidence
- Communication: We help HR and managers effectively explain compensation decisions to employees and candidates
- Over the next year, our roadmap focuses on enhancing the entire compensation lifecycle to help Total Rewards leaders take charge of their organizations' largest expense, confidently make decisions, and earn org-wide trust
- From philosophy definition to market trend analysis, range management, merit cycles, and employee communications, we're building solutions for every phase of the compensation calendar
Our take
Compensation survey and merit cycle processes are integral to so many businesses, and yet remain time-consuming manual activities. Staff often lack financial training resulting in spreadsheet induced errors. Pave saw a need to update and streamline the process.
The core advantage of Pave is its ease of integration with HRIS, ATS and cap table software, creating real-time compensation data views without the need for spreadsheets. Using the software creates a fair and transparent system that management can rely on and employees can respect. The company has seen strong momentum, with backing from big names like Y Combinator and az16.
Some organisations have been reluctant to adopt solutions like Pave’s on account of the radical transparency it provides. However, with companies like Credit Karma, Miro and Discord all signing on, Pave has proven its ability to draw lucrative enterprise-level clients. It also became a Unicorn in 2022 after an impressive Series C funding round, boding well for its longevity.
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Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2022
$100m
SERIES C
Aug 2021
$46m
SERIES B
Total funding: $170m
Company benefits
- Compensation: Startup equity for full-time employees
- Wellness: Top tier health insurance along for full-time employees
- Food: All meals while working, plus snacks. We take our snacking seriously
- Commute: Commuter pre-tax benefit accounts + employer contribution for full-time employees
- Tech: Choose your laptop and accessories of choice
- Team: Retreats, happy hours, and events for our team, friends, and family
- Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need - we encourage our team to unplug with unlimited PTO
- WFH Wednesday: A dedicated work from home day each week + additional flexibility by team!
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Matt Schulman
(CEO & Founder)Matt studied at the Wharton School before working as an Engineer at DollarsEd and spending 2 years as a Facebook Software Engineer. He left this role in June 2019 to co-found Pave in October.
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