# Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform at Pave

- Company: Pave
- What the company does: Plan, communicate, and benchmark your compensation in real-time. Backed by Bessemer, Index and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.pave.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $196K to $265K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-18
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/paveakatroveinformationtechnologies/jobs/4730593005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pave-senior-software-engineer-core-platform/

## About the role

The Core Platform team sits at the center of Pave Engineering, bridging product and platform engineering. We build the foundational services, APIs, and abstractions that enable every team to ship enterprise-grade software with speed and confidence. In this role, you’ll own critical services like user authentication and authorization, as well as the foundational data infrastructure and models powering Pave’s compensation intelligence platform.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of backend engineering experience building data intensive applications, ideally utilizing modern web technologies such as TypeScript and Node.js
- Strong product intuition with the ability to design generalized platform solutions that solve cross-product challenges
- Hands-on experience with data infrastructure, data pipelines/ ETLs, data modeling, ML/AI platform experience a plus
- Experience leading large technical projects with high ambiguity and numerous stakeholders
- Execution-driven mindset: You thrive in fast-paced environments, bias toward action, and ship thoughtful solutions with maintainability and scalability in mind

Tags: Engineering