Staff Software Engineer Data Platform

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 Data Platform Team @ Pave

The Data Platform team owns the data infrastructure that makes Pave work connecting Paves platform to the HRIS EMS ATS and partner systems that power our customers compensation workflows. Without reliable high-quality integrations none of Paves products can deliver their full value. This is a high-leverage role at the core of Paves platform strategy. This is also a rare opportunity to join as a founding engineer on the team - meaning you wont just be executing on a defined roadmap but actively shaping how the platform is architected what gets prioritized and what engineering culture looks like from day one. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Data Platform team you will set the technical direction for how Pave builds scales and operates its integrations infrastructure. Youll have a direct line from your architectural decisions to product capabilities and customer outcomes.

What Youll Do

• Assess the existing integrations infrastructure and drive high-impact architectural changes that improve reliability performance and developer experience
• Set the technical direction for how Pave builds and operates its connector and pipeline platform at scale
• Design and build new partner integrations and establish patterns that make future integrations faster to deliver
• Own data quality end-to-end building validation anomaly detection and confidence signals that ensure customer data is accurate and up to date
• Build and scale the normalization layer that transforms messy inconsistent data from thousands of customers into Paves canonical data model
• Evaluate and apply AI to data normalization challenges including automated field mapping entity resolution and data quality detection to improve data quality and reduce the manual effort of onboarding new customers
• Build and improve observability tooling: monitoring alerting and debugging infrastructure that gives the team and customers confidence in pipeline health
• Partner with product go-to-market and engineering leadership to shape the integrations roadmap and surface technical tradeoffs and investment needs
• Mentor and uplevel the engineers around you creating leverage through coaching and the standards you set

What Youll Bring

• 8 years of experience building and shipping production-grade software with significant depth in integrations data pipelines or platform infrastructure
• Demonstrated ability to assess an existing system identify structural weaknesses and deliver architectural improvements that have lasting impact
• Deep understanding of integration patterns API design and the operational challenges of third-party data dependencies at enterprise scale
• A track record of working across team boundaries and influencing technical direction without direct authority
• Strong judgment in prioritization - able to sequence a large surface area of work and create as much value through what you simplify or kill as through what you ship
• Execution oriented - equally comfortable defining the architecture and rolling up your sleeves to drive implementation

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.

What we offer:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Room to Keep Growing: A quarterly education stipend to invest in the skills and knowledge that matter most to 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 on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday 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.