Description

What We Do:
As part of the Pay Equity Team, you will be an influential member of helping us deliver on Payscale’s mission to #getpayright by providing comprehensive analytics on our customers compensation strategy to provide them insight on pay equity trends within their organization. As the product enters its next phase, we will be responsible for ensuring a scalable, performant, and maintainable platform. Come help us build a product that allows companies to not only identify pay equity issues but address them.  

Day-in-the-Life: 

• As a Software Engineer, a typical day may include the following: 
• Design and build new modules that help us move towards a cloud-native distributed system. 
• Provide technical advice and weigh in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the company at large by collaborating with stakeholders. 
• Research and propose new technologies. 
• Take initiative to identify and solve important problems, and coordinate with others on cross-cutting technical issues. 
• Identify and proactively tackle technical debt before it grows into debt that requires significant up-front work to resolve 
• Partner with our architectural and platform teams. 
• Improve and support our existing services and integrations. 

• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills. 
• 3+ years building and supporting well architected, service-based systems. 
• 4+ years writing Java code with experience with Spring Framework. 
• 2+ years with Front end development experience working with Javascript/Typescript/Angular/React. 
• Experience writing complicated SQL and an understanding of relational databases. 
• Experience working with Hibernate. 
• Experience working with message queues/messaging frameworks. 
• Success in writing understandable and testable code while embracing unit and integration test concepts. 
• Experience with unit testing and mocking frameworks. 
• Working with a team of people on engaging problems which often require independent research that excites you. 
• You can clearly articulate technical concepts to developers, managers, and less technical colleagues. 
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines. 

• Containerization, Docker, Kubernetes. 
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS, Azure) and cloud native solutions. 
• Experience working with Spring Boot.  
• Experience working with MariaDB. 
• Experience with Apache Camel and Apache ActiveMQ. 
• Experience working with Mockito or EasyMock. 
• Experience with Node.js. 

Compensation  

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position is $100,200 - $150,400, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses. This position is also eligible for an annual corporate bonus of 8%. If you are hired at Payscale, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on benefits listed below). 

Location 

We are a remote first company where you’re able to work primarily from your home, with company-provided equipment to set you up for success. Our employees are distributed across the US, UK, and Canada with access to WeWork or Regus space to allow for in person collaboration.  We are unable to hire in Quebec Province, Ireland, Hawaii. 

Company Description 

As the industry leader in compensation management, Payscale is on a mission to help job seekers, employees and businesses get pay right, and make sustainable fair pay a reality. Empowering more than 53 percent of the Fortune 500 in 198 countries, Payscale provides a combination of data-driven insights, best-in-class services, and innovative software to enable organizations such as Angel City Football Club, Perry Ellis International, United Healthcare, Vista, and The Washington Post to make fair and appropriate pay decisions. Pay is powerful. To learn more, visit www.payscale.com  

• Voted Seattle’s and Boston’s best places to work according to Built In 2022. 
• Voted one of Seattle’s companies with the best benefits according to Built In 2022.

Benefits and Perks   

The Highlights:  

All around awesome culture where together we strive to: 

• Pursue excellence every day
• Create customer value
• Compete to win (and lose!) as a team

An open and inclusive culture where you’ll learn and grow through programs and resources like:  

• Monthly company all hands meetings
• Regular opportunities for executive leadership exposure
• Access to top-notch learning courses through LinkedIn Learning
• Regular manager check-ins to drive performance and career growth
• A growing network of employee resource groups
• And more! 

Our more standard benefits (U.S.) 

•  Discretionary Paid Time Off, giving you flexibility to rest, relax and recharge away from work.
• 15 Paid Company Holidays, including an extended Fourth of July Break, World Mental Health Day, and Juneteenth
• A comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, life, vision, disability and life insurance covered up to 100% by Payscale
• 401(k) retirement program with a fully vested immediate company match
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave 
• Flexible Spending Account options for pre-tax employee allocations

Equal Opportunity Employer:  

We embrace equal employment opportunity. Payscale is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is our policy that employees will not be subjected to unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, political ideology, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to: recruitment, hiring, transfers, promotions, training, discipline, termination, compensation and benefits, performance appraisals, education, and social and recreational programs.