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Senior Software Engineer, Compensation Planning

Pave
Location
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
Posted
2 months ago
Department
Engineering
Salary
$195,500 - $264,500
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of full-stack, backend, or frontend engineering experience
  • Experience with modern web technologies such as TypeScript and Node.js
  • Experience building data-intensive applications
  • Strong product intuition to translate customer needs into technical decisions
  • Proven ability to break ambiguous problems into concrete milestones
  • Technical leadership and mentoring skills
Nice to have
  • Experience at a B2B SaaS company during rapid growth or platform expansion
What the job really is

As a Senior Software Engineer at Pave, you will lead projects and build features for a compensation platform used by top companies. Your role involves collaborating with Product and Design teams to create data-intensive applications, while also mentoring other engineers and influencing design decisions. You will work in a fast-paced environment, focusing on translating customer feedback into technical solutions and driving complex problems to completion.

Benefits
  • Meaningful equity
  • Best-in-class medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Flexible work-from-anywhere policy for up to a month
  • Lunch and dinner stipends plus fully stocked kitchens
  • Quarterly education stipend
Things to weigh
  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond TypeScript and Node.js
  • Role involves significant responsibility and ownership
  • Fast-paced environment may not suit everyone
Job score3.6/5
Benefits4/5
Freshness1/5
Career value4/5
Role clarity4/5
Pay transparency5/5

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