Senior Software Engineer - Developer Platform

Pave$195K — $264K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or developer experience
  • High developer empathy and a passion for enhancing workflows
  • Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects
  • Experience improving developer velocity with AI tools and strong opinions on their effectiveness
  • Solid understanding of cloud architecture (GCP or similar) with a focus on reliability and security
  • Strong debugging and systems-thinking skills, with experience in scaling production systems
  • Nice to have: Experience with internal developer platforms in enterprise SaaS environments

Responsibilities

  • Define CI/CD and observability standards to enhance developer workflows
  • Rethink local development workflows and incident response strategies
  • Integrate AI-assisted and agentic workflows into Pave's development process
  • Collaborate with product and data teams to reduce friction and increase developer efficiency
  • Own metrics related to developer velocity and reliability with accountability for improvements
  • Lead end-to-end initiatives that impact multiple teams
  • Ensure software development practices do not compromise trust, particularly regarding compensation data

Benefits

  • Total compensation includes equity and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Unlimited PTO policy to promote work-life balance
  • Region-specific benefits catering to diverse employee needs
  • Flexible work environment fostering autonomy and creativity
  • Robust development opportunities and accountability for significant projects
Full Job Description
Developer Platform @ Pave

The Developer Platform team sits at the heart of Pave Engineering. Our customers are Pave's own engineers. We treat developer experience as a product - the leverage layer that lets every team ship enterprise-grade software fast and reliably.

This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role where you'll help define how Pave builds software. As a senior engineer, you'll lead initiatives end to end - from setting CI/CD and observability standards to rethinking local development workflows and incident response - and you'll define how AI-assisted and agentic workflows fit into Pave's development loop, from scaffolding to review to deploy. You'll partner closely with engineers across product and data to remove friction, boost developer velocity, and strengthen reliability. You'll own the metrics for developer velocity and reliability, and be accountable for moving them.
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, It's What We do.

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, which you can always ask the hiring manager about to understand in more detail. This salary range may include multiple levels.

The targeted cash compensation for this position is (level depends on experience and performance in the interview process):

$195,500 - $264,500

About Pave

Pave is a financial technology company that provides loans to consumers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York City. Pave offers personal loans to borrowers with limited credit histories or who may not qualify for traditional bank loans. The company uses a proprietary algorithm to assess creditworthiness and determine loan terms. Pave's loans are funded by institutional investors and are available to borrowers in 34 states. Pave was acquired by Cross River Bank in 2019.
Learn more about Pave
Size
50 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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