Pave
Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform
$196K–$264K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
About the job
Build foundational platform services, APIs, and data infrastructure that support Pave’s compensation intelligence products and enable engineering teams to deliver enterprise-grade software.
What you'll do
- Own critical services such as user authentication and authorization, plus foundational data infrastructure and models.
- Design generalized platform solutions for challenges spanning multiple products.
- Lead large, complex technical initiatives across teams and stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience building data-intensive applications.
- Strong product intuition and ability to design generalized platform solutions.
- Hands-on experience with data infrastructure, data pipelines or ETLs, and data modeling.
- Experience leading large technical projects with high ambiguity and numerous stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience using modern web technologies such as TypeScript and Node.js.
- ML/AI platform experience.
Pay
$195,500 - $264,500 USD, targeted cash compensation (P4; level depends on experience and interview performance)
Tools
TypeScript, Node.js, MySQL, Prisma, React, GCP
AI focus
The role may involve ML/AI platform work; this experience is a plus, not a stated core responsibility.
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