At Pave, our vision is simple--unlock a labor market built on trust.
How are we going to get there? By building a compensation platform powered by the largest real-time compensation dataset on earth, giving you confidence in every compensation decision.
We partner with our customers to help them build and retain world-class teams through planning, communicating and benchmarking their team’s compensation in real time. And you don’t have to just hear it from us — you can hear it from our customers: Allbirds, Hover, Credit Karma, Grammarly, and more.
We’re growing fast, building an incredible team and product, and having plenty of fun as we do it in our San Francisco and New York City offices.
If playing to win, building with intellectual honesty and focusing on in the Pave platinum standard sounds like fun - we highly encourage you to reach out. We’d love to partner on our journey to change the world of compensation!
The Engineering Team @ Pave:
Pave has significant momentum in the compensation data market, but it's still early in the journey (7500+ integrated companies, exponentially growing data-specific revenue in the millions). We are in a data race to become the dominant data provider in compensation. We are seeking a talented Senior Manager to play a critical role in the future of our data products.
As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will own the execution of two high-visibility areas: Market Data and Compensation Bands. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure a scalable, reliable, and innovative product roadmap while also nurturing and growing a world-class engineering team. This role is both strategic and hands-on, demanding a balance of deep technical expertise and strong leadership.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Manage and grow a high-performing software engineering team focused on delivering exceptional data-enriched user experiences and APIs for all of our products.
- Partner with peers across Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) to build a product roadmap that balances immediate customer needs, future growth, and long-term technical vision.
- Develop, coach, and mentor Engineering Managers and individual contributors. Identify high-potential team members and create opportunities for their growth.
- Establish and maintain high standards for code quality, reliability, and scalability.
- Lead your team in defining a clear technical vision and partner with other engineering leaders to implement best practices and engineering-wide improvements.
- Work closely with the Data Engineering team to align on technical direction and manage benchmark data releases. Collaborate with other business and technical stakeholders to deliver the “front end” of our data experience.
- Drive the development of new features and solutions by leveraging our powerful compensation dataset. Enable other teams to integrate data-driven insights into their products.
- You will have the opportunity to shape innovative products in a domain that affects 50% of global GDP.
- Work with some of the most influential tech companies and play a critical role in solving their compensation challenges.
What You'll Bring:
- 8+ years of experience in engineering with at least 3 years in management. Demonstrated experience in scaling and leading engineering teams in high-growth environments.
- Solid experience in delivering data-driven and API-first products.
- Proven ability to mentor first-time managers and individual contributors, fostering a culture of growth and learning.
- Ability to balance immediate needs with long-term goals, making informed trade-offs between technical goals and business outcomes.
- Experience partnering with product and design leaders to build cohesive roadmaps and deliver excellent customer-focused solutions.
Nice to have:
- Experience with B2B SaaS, especially at the enterprise level.
- Background in early product development and managing technical trade-offs when going from 0-1.
A final note — we highly encourage you to apply for this role, even if you don’t feel entirely qualified, or entirely sure. You never know!
(This role is eligible for sponsorship)
Compensation, It's What We Do.
This salary range may include multiple levels. Your level is based on our assessment of your interview performance and experience, which you can always ask the hiring manager about to understand in more detail. 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, commuter benefits, catered lunch, an unlimited PTO policy, and many other region-specific benefits.
Pave's salary range for this position
$221,000—$299,000 USD
Pave’s compensation philosophy is to target the 75th percentile of the market for both cash and equity at your job level. This means that the “mid point” of every band at Pave is the 75th percentile of the broader market.
Pave also has a merit-based philosophy when it comes to compensation increases. We run a performance cycle twice per year to evaluate employees’ performance. Higher than average performance ratings result in compensation increases to the upper end of the individual’s compensation range for their role. The result is that high performers at Pave are paid above the 75th percentile of the market at large.
Pave is committed to pay equity. If you get an offer from Pave, it will be based on your level as determined by your interview performance. And nothing else. We explicitly do not negotiate salary and equity to ensure that we aren’t introducing bias that could lead to pay inequities within the team between candidates who have different negotiation tactics.
FAQ’s:
How big is Pave today?
We were founded in late 2019, and have grown to 150 employees across San Francisco, New York and the UK.
Where are the Pave offices?
Our company HQ is in San Francisco's FiDi with a high energy in-person culture. We also have an office in NYC and a hub in England. 🌁 🗽 🇬🇧
What do employee benefits at Pave look like?
As an employee at Pave, you will have your choice of medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as access to mental health services and other perks to promote your wellbeing. To enhance your personal and professional growth, you will have a monthly L&D stipend. We take our snacking seriously - employees receive a lunch and dinner stipend as well as many fun snacks throughout the day.
Who are some of Pave’s customers?
Pave is working with 7,500+ companies today, including some of the best technology logos out there like Credit Karma, RO, Faire, Dropbox, Airtable, Sweetgreen, Checkr, Hubspot, Snackpass, Attentive and more!
What can I expect in interviewing at Pave?
At Pave, we value intellectual honesty and transparency, and we bring this to our interview process. Throughout your time interviewing with us, we will be evaluating where you can best make an impact through multiple conversations with your recruiter, hiring manager, peers and cross-functional partners. We also use our interviews to determine leveling, which is finalized at the end of your interview process by your hiring manager. The majority of our roles have 3-5 interview rounds. You can expect to hear back from our team within 7 days of application, as well as within 2 days after each interview round. Once we extend an offer, we hope to hear back from you within 1 week. It is extremely important to us that we find a great mutual fit - we’re excited to get to know you!
More Questions? Check out our candidate resources page!
Pave is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or another legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, please email [email protected]. Sponsorship for work visas or other permits may be available for certain positions, subject to Pave's policies and legal requirements.
Top Skills
What We Do
Pave is a suite of real-time compensation tools to help companies plan and communicate compensation.
Make smarter compensation decisions.
Plan, communicate, and benchmark your compensation in real-time (without spreadsheets). Powered by real-time integrations with your HRIS, ATS, and Cap Table.
