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# Staff Software Engineer at Pebl

- **Company:** Pebl
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA
- **Compensation:** $175k–$220k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pebl/02335e73-ec73-4162-b724-cbbebfcfd2b0

## Job description

Purpose in Every Position Pebl puts a world of talent at your fingertips. With our AI-powered Global Work Platform™, companies can hire, pay, and manage employees in 185+ countries—removing risk, red tape, and guesswork from global growth. Backed by more than a decade of compliance leadership and local expertise, Pebl helps businesses move fast, stay compliant, and scale with confidence. With Pebl, companies everywhere can hire great talent anywhere. Where Your Work Moves the Needle. At Pebl, every team member drives our success. Joining us means more than filling a role—you’re accountable for results and impact. Our values guide how we operate, execute, and collaborate across borders. By putting them into action, you’ll help us scale faster, compete harder, and lead the future of global work. What Makes You a Great Fit Our mission at Pebl is to simplify global employment, enabling companies to hire, manage, and retain talent anywhere in the world. We are passionate about fostering innovation, collaboration, and diversity in the workplace. We are looking for an exceptional Staff Software Engineer to join our Growth Engineering team — a technical leader who is also an active practitioner in the AI-augmented development era. In this role you will drive the architecture and delivery of scalable, user-facing systems that improve acquisition, activation, and retention, and you will directly shape the AI product experiences at the heart of those initiatives. You will build across the full stack using React, TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS, while championing our shift toward “AI-native” engineering — standardizing tools like Claude Code and Codex to maximize team velocity and code quality.

How You'll Make An Impact:

- Technical Leadership: Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of complex, scalable, full-stack systems and services across the Growth domain.
- AI Product Development: Design and build AI-first, user-facing product experiences and capabilities — turning LLM-powered features into reliable, high-quality product surfaces that drive measurable growth outcomes.
- AI-Native Execution: Champion an “AI-first” engineering culture, integrating Claude Code, Codex, and other LLM harnesses into daily workflows to accelerate experimentation, product velocity, and code quality.
- Cross-Functional Delivery: Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and data teams to define the technical roadmap and deliver impactful features aligned with business objectives.
- Standards & Best Practices: Drive technical decisions and set the bar for coding standards, system design, testing, and process improvements — including how AI tooling is adopted responsibly across the team.
- Full-Stack Engineering: Build, optimize, and maintain applications and services using React JS, TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3) in a serverless environment.
- Mentorship: Mentor and guide engineers across the team, balancing human-led mentorship with AI-augmented professional development, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Quality & Reliability: Conduct technical reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure high-quality deliverables and rigorous quality benchmarks — even as we accelerate delivery with AI tools.
- Subject Matter Expertise: Act as an SME for the Growth Engineering team, staying ahead of emerging AI and engineering trends and identifying where to incorporate them.
- Operational Excellence: Troubleshoot and resolve high-priority technical issues in production systems, maintaining high observability and stability standards.

Let's Connect If You Have:

- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience: 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong full-stack depth spanning both front-end (React/TypeScript) and backend/distributed systems.
- AI Experience (Required): Hands-on experience across two dimensions — (1) designing and building AI-first, user-facing product features and experiences (e.g., LLM-powered capabilities shipped to real users), and (2) using LLM-powered coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and other AI coding assistants to accelerate the SDLC and improve code quality. We expect demonstrated depth in at least one of these areas and working fluency in the other.
- Lean Mindset: Focus on delivering customer value by minimizing waste, optimizing workflows, fostering continuous improvement, and prioritizing iteratively.
- Technical Stack: Deep expertise in TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, etc.), with strong proficiency in React.
- System Design: Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Delivery Track Record: Proven track record of successfully leading technical projects from inception to deployment.
- Problem Solving: Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with a focus on robust, reliable solutions.
- Communication & Leadership: Exceptional communication and leadership skills, including the ability to distill complex technical and AI-related trade-offs into actionable plans for leadership and cross-functional partners.
- Growth Engineering (Plus): Experience in growth-focused engineering projects or A/B testing frameworks.

## Preferred Skills

- Familiarity with modern LLM application patterns (e.g., RAG, evaluations, prompt engineering, or agentic frameworks).
- Knowledge of front-end performance optimization techniques.
- Background in leading or contributing to open-source projects.
- Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress, or React Testing Library).

Our Commitment to You At Pebl, we’re committed to supporting our team with comprehensive rewards and benefits designed to meet diverse needs across roles and locations. Our core offerings include:

- Flexible Time Off – Take the time you need to recharge.
- Parental Leave – Support for growing families.
- Health and Dental Insurance – Where applicable, to cover you and your loved ones.
- Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan – Plan for the future while sharing our success.

Please visit our career page for [more information](https://hellopebl.com/company/careers/). Pebl is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We power global teams and believe diverse perspectives drive innovation and impact. Employment decisions at Pebl are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive culture where every teammate can thrive and do the best work of their career—anywhere in the world.

## About Pebl

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Pebl is an AI-powered Global Work Platform that provides Employer of Record (EOR) services, enabling companies to hire, pay, and manage employees in 185+ countries without setting up local entities.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series stage not publicly disclosed; formerly known as Velocity Global)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, CA, USA
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed as individual founders; the company was originally founded as Velocity Global.

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Global HR technology, Employer of Record (EOR), Payroll & Compliance
- Target customers: B2B – Startups to Fortune 500 companies looking to hire internationally without establishing local legal entities.
- Mission statement: "To make global work simple by helping companies hire, pay, and support their people—anywhere."

## Products & Services
- **Pebl Global Work Platform**: An AI-powered, human-led SaaS platform that integrates with HRIS, HCM, and ATS systems. It handles the full employment lifecycle: locally compliant contracts, payroll, tax filings, statutory benefits, paid leave, onboarding, and offboarding across 185+ countries.
- **Employer of Record (EOR) Services**: Pebl acts as the legal employer for international workers, taking on compliance and liability so client companies can focus on the work relationship. Includes in-country legal teams and a partnership with Baker McKenzie, the #1 global employment law firm.
- **AI Assistant ("Alfie")**: A conversational AI tool that provides vetted answers in 50+ languages to help HR teams navigate global compliance questions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Manages over $1 billion in annual global payroll and supports 185+ countries.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partnership with Baker McKenzie (global employment law firm). Backed by a decade of compliance expertise. Trusted by startups and Fortune 500s alike.
- **Growth Signals**: Rebranded from Velocity Global to Pebl in 2024. Rated #1 for compliance on G2. Holds more employment licenses than any other EOR. Has 200+ world-class in-house legal experts. Company has 302 U.S.-based employees (Medium size) with colleagues across 45+ countries.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Compliance Leadership**: Rated #1 for compliance on G2, with a multi-layered approach that includes in-house regional legal teams and a partnership with Baker McKenzie.
- **Scale & Licenses**: Holds more employment licenses than any other EOR, providing a legal moat that is difficult for competitors to replicate.
- **AI-Powered Platform**: Integrates with existing HRIS/HCM/ATS systems and offers a conversational AI assistant (Alfie) for real-time compliance guidance.
- **Speed**: Can onboard new employees in as little as 24 hours with a flat-rate, transparent pricing model (no hidden fees).

## Strategic Focus
- **AI Integration**: Deepening the use of AI (Alfie) to automate compliance checks, provide salary guidance, and streamline global hiring workflows.
- **Global Expansion**: Continuing to expand country coverage and employment license portfolio (already at 185+ countries).
- **Product-Led Growth**: Emphasizing a self-service portal and transparent pricing to reduce friction for customers.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-First Culture**: Work from where you're most effective, with opportunities to connect in person at global hubs. Monthly stipends for workspace setup.
- **Global Team**: Colleagues across 45 countries, offering a diverse, international work environment.
- **Career Growth**: Defined job expectations, real mentorship, and clear paths to promotion. "More ownership, less hierarchy" with direct access to decision-makers.
- **Benefits**: 12 weeks minimum paid parental leave, competitive retirement plans, incentive equity, performance-based bonuses, flexible PTO, and paid volunteer days. The entire company shuts down globally a few times per year ("Pebl Pause") for rest.
- **Certified Workplace**: Great Place To Work® Certified™ (75% of employees say it's a great place to work vs. 57% at a typical U.S. company).
- **Open Roles**: Currently hiring for Account Managers, Payroll Specialists, Account Executives, Product Manager Intern (AI), Strategic Account Executives, Product Design Intern, and Benefits Administrators across AMER and EMEA regions.

## Sources
1. [hellopebl.com - Company Page](https://hellopebl.com/company/)
2. [hellopebl.com - Careers Page](https://hellopebl.com/company/careers/)
3. [hellopebl.com - Product Page](https://hellopebl.com/)
4. [Great Place To Work - Pebl Profile](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7007819)
5. [LinkedIn - Pebl](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hellopebl)
6. [Ashby - Pebl Careers](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pebl)

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