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Senior Software Backend Engineer, Market Pricing

Pave · San Francisco, CA & New York, NY

Posted about 2 months ago · $195,500 - $264,500

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
71 days
Pave's roles stay open a median of 79 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
72% of Pave's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Pave
high
17 stale, 1 reposted of 18 open
Hiring momentum
27 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Pave's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Pave.

About this role

As a Senior Software Backend Engineer on the Market Pricing team at Pave, you will design and implement scalable systems for sophisticated customers, transforming ambiguous problems into enterprise-ready features. You will oversee all phases of the development lifecycle, from initial customer conversations to post-release monitoring, while mentoring other engineers and influencing design decisions across projects.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Pave as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Strong eye for performance, reliability, and robust systems design
  • Empathy for compensation teams and understanding of the challenges in pricing employees' pay
  • Strong judgement in ambiguous situations
  • Ability to break complex problems into concrete milestones with clear success metrics
  • Influence design decisions and mentor other engineers

What you get

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible PTO and the freedom to work from anywhere for up to a month
  • Lunch and dinner stipends plus fully stocked kitchens
  • Quarterly education stipend
  • Robust parental leave
  • Commuter stipend

Worth weighing

  • No specific tech stack mentioned
  • Role involves significant ambiguity and requires strong problem-solving skills
  • Hybrid work culture with in-person collaboration 3 to 4 days a week

Summarised from Pave's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Pave on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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