Senior Software Engineer Communicate
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Job Summary
Who We Are
At Pave were building the industrys leading compensation platform combining the worlds 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 8500 companies unparalleled confidence in every compensation decision.
Top tier companies like OpenAI McDonalds 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 were making it happen right now. Weve raised $160M in funding from leading investors like Andreessen Horowitz Index Ventures Y Combinator Bessemer Venture Partners and Craft Ventures.
The Communicate Team @ Pave
The Communicate team builds the products that help companies communicate compensation with clarity transparency and trust. As part of this team you will own core experiences used every day by thousands of employees managers and candidates to understand pay rewards and compensation decisions. This is a rare chance to join as a founding engineer on a high-impact product team. You will help define not just what gets built but how the team operates shaping the roadmap influencing technical direction and helping establish the engineering culture from the ground up. As a Senior Software Engineer you will play a key role in building elegant enterprise-grade product experiences for some of the worlds leading companies. The teams immediate focus is on expanding enterprise capabilities and building AI-powered compensation intelligence features that help companies make better pay decisions and give employees a clearer understanding of their compensation.
What Youll Do
- Build end-to-end product experiences that help companies like OpenAI Databricks and Atlassian communicate compensation to employees & candidates
- Solve enterprise-scale challenges designing products that perform reliably for organizations with 150000 employees
- Develop AI-powered compensation intelligence features that help leaders make better pay decisions and surface issues before they become retention risks
- Play a foundational role in shaping the team and product. As a founding engineer you will help define the technical architecture engineering patterns testing practices and quality standards the team will build on as it grows. Youll partner closely with Product and Design to shape the roadmap influence priorities and help determine what gets built
What Youll Bring
- 5 years of full-stack experience building customer-facing web applications
- Strong product instincts with an ability to translate product requirements and user feedback into thoughtful technical decisions
- Strong execution skills and a high bar for engineering quality testing and reliability
- Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous problem spaces break complex work into concrete milestones and stay focused on the highest-impact opportunities
- Collaborative technical leadership skills with the ability to work effectively across Engineering Product and Design drive sound technical decisions and bring others along through clear reasoning and good judgment
- Experience with our tech stack: TypeScript React GCP
Compensation Its What We Do.
At Pave we believe compensation should be as thoughtful as the people we hire. This role is structured as a B2B contract engagement and your total rewards package includes meaningful equity flexible 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. Were always happy to walk you through how we think about leveling just ask.
Benefits @ Pave
At Pave growth isnt a perk its the point. As you develop your role expands your responsibilities deepen and your compensation reflects the impact youre making.
We offer a monthly stipend to cover:
- Private Health Coverage: Comprehensive private healthcare to keep you and your wellbeing a priority because great work starts with taking care of yourself.
- Sports & Wellness: A monthly wellness stipend to fuel your active lifestyle whether thats a MultiSport membership or whatever keeps you moving.
- Life & Disability Protection: Life AD&D and permanent disability coverage so you and your family are protected when it matters most.
- Room to Keep Growing: A quarterly education stipend to invest in the skills and knowledge that matter most to you.
- Retirement Program: Monthly retirement contributions to help you build the kind of long-term financial security that lets you focus on the work in front of you.
What comes with working at Pave:
- Time Thats Actually Yours: Flexible PTO to rest recharge and show up as your best self no counting days no guilt.
- Work From Anywhere: The freedom to work from anywhere in the world for a full month each year because life doesnt pause and neither should you.
- Equipment: Top-of-the-line Pave hardware waiting for you on day one no setup anxiety just hit the ground running.
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 were just getting started. Headquartered in San Franciscos Financial District with regional hubs in New York Citys Flatiron District Salt Lake City Kraków (Poland) and the United Kingdom wherever youre based youll 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. Its 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 its hard.
- Play to Win Were not here to participate. Were 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 dont 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 youre ready to help shape the future of compensation alongside people who are smart humble and genuinely motivated by the problem were solving wed love to meet you.
Still deliberating Just apply! Were always excited to meet people who are eager to contribute.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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About Company
Pave combines real-time market data with streamlined compensation workflows. Optimally manage your biggest expense. Build confidence in every comp decision
