Senior Software Engineer - Developer Platform
Senior engineer building and scaling internal developer platforms with strong focus on AI tooling, reliability, and developer experience. Requires 4+ years in backend/infrastructure and proven project leadership.
About the job
What You'll Bring
- 4+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or developer experience.
- High developer empathy - you love improving workflows and enabling others to move faster.
- Proven ability to lead large, ambiguous projects with cross-team impact.
- A track record of improving developer velocity with modern AI tooling - agentic coding, AI-assisted review/testing - and strong opinions on where it does and doesn't help.
- Solid understanding of cloud architecture (GCP or similar). A strong instinct for reliability and security - you understand that on a platform handling compensation data, speed cannot come at the cost of trust.
- Strong debugging and systems-thinking skills, with experience scaling production systems.
Nice to Have:
- Experience building internal developer platforms in enterprise SaaS environments.
Our stack includes: TypeScript, Node.js, Orbstack, ClickHouse, Kubernetes, Terraform, GCP, Datadog, GitHub Actions, E2B, and Incident.io.
Compensation
Salary is just one component of Pave's total compensation package for employees. Your total rewards package at Pave will include equity, top-notch medical, dental, and vision coverage, an unlimited PTO policy, and many other region-specific benefits. Your level is based on our assessment of your interview performance and experience.
The targeted cash compensation for this position is (level depends on experience and performance in the interview process): $195,500 - $264,500.
Skills
TypeScript, Node.js, Kubernetes, Terraform, GCP, ClickHouse, Datadog, GitHub Actions, AI Tools, Backend Development
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