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PavePaveSan Francisco, CA

Engineering Manager, Compensation Planning

Lead and grow an engineering team building core compensation planning and recommendation workflows for large enterprises. Requires 7+ years experience including 2+ years managing high-performing teams, staying close to the code, and driving technical roadmaps for accuracy-critical financial systems.

196k – 265k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Lead and grow an engineering team building the core planning and recommendation workflows used by compensation teams at companies like OpenAI, Databricks, and Atlassian
  • Manage the team while staying close to the code: comfortable reviewing designs and diving into implementation details when needed
  • Drive the technical roadmap to help drive the product towards supporting companies with 150,000+ employees
  • Partner with Product and Design to translate complex compensation planning requirements into technical requirements
  • Ensure the accuracy and reliability of planning calculations, given the direct financial impact on customers' pay decisions
  • Align with other product and platform teams to reuse components, patterns, and shared data models
  • Communicate complex technical and compensation concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Coach and mentor your team through regular, constructive feedback

What You'll Bring

  • 7+ years of industry experience, including 2+ years of management experience on high-performing teams
  • Confidence diving into technical details and challenging designs or solutions
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor teams through planning and execution of large technical projects spanning multiple quarters
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to provide clear direction, set expectations, and give actionable feedback
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and tackle problems with high agency
  • Nice to have: experience with b2b saas and/or financial systems where correctness and auditability of calculations are critical

Compensation

Targeted cash compensation for this role: $195,500 - $264,500

Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage; flexible PTO; lunch and dinner stipends; quarterly education stipend; robust parental leave; commuter stipend.

Skills

Technical LeadershipRoadmappingSystem DesignMentorshipB2B SaaSFinancial Systems
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