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Compass · 4 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer - Engineering Platforms

Compass is a real estate technology company that aims to revolutionize the industry with its end-to-end platform. The Senior Software Engineer in Engineering Platforms will influence technology decisions, mentor team members, and lead high-complexity projects while contributing to the development of foundational infrastructure and tools for the engineering teams.

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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Contribute to the technical roadmap for our internal developer platform, championing open standards and a best-in-class developer experience
Architect, scale, and maintain our platform's core features—including CI/CD, developer monorepos, experimentation/feature flags, and observability—to meet the quality and performance needs of the entire engineering organization
Design, develop, and maintain high-quality internal tools and APIs to improve developer productivity. This includes building tools and services that guide engineers along the 'golden path' for development and deployment
Partner with internal engineering customers to understand pain points and translate them into improvements in system reliability, scalability, and quality across our entire ecosystem
Design and develop advanced, automated systems to improve operational efficiency, including AI-driven workflows and the underlying systems that support them
Drive operational excellence by establishing and refining standards for system reliability, performance, and monitoring, including SLAs and SLOs

Qualification

GoCloud servicesKubernetes architectureJavaPythonTypeScriptCI/CD pipelinesOpenTelemetryTechnical decision-makingMentoringCollaboration

Required

BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
5+ years of professional software development experience with a focus on large-scale systems
Proficiency in Go and professional experience in one or more of the following: Java, Python, or TypeScript
Experience building and operating large-scale services on a major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Strong understanding of cloud-native applications and Kubernetes architecture
Proven ability to influence technical decision-making and lead complex projects

Preferred

Deep experience with modern, large-scale platform components and services (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, internal developer portals, service meshes)
Expertise in OpenTelemetry (OTel) or other observability tools, with a strong understanding of how they fit into a broader platform strategy
Experience architecting and executing a large-scale migration between major platform components or systems
Familiarity with building AI-driven operational tools, leveraging LLMs for tasks like log summarization or creating agentic workflows for automation
A deep understanding of one or more of these domains: Designing and implementing systems that drive productivity, scalability, and quality across an entire engineering organization
Managing the full lifecycle of an internal developer platform as a product, from API design to driving user adoption

Benefits

Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions)
Paid vacation
Holidays
Sick time
Parental leave
Recharge leave
Medical
Tele-health
Dental and vision benefits
401(k) plan
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Commuter program
Life and disability insurance
Maven (a support system for new parents)
Carrot (fertility benefits)
UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network)
Employee Assistance Program
Pet insurance

Company

Compass is a real estate technology company that provides an online platform for buying, renting, and selling real estate assets.

H1B Sponsorship

Compass has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2024 (4)
2023 (5)
2022 (21)
2021 (73)
2020 (22)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.77B
Key Investors
Morgan Stanley Senior FundingSoftBank Vision FundFidelity
2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2021-04-01IPO
2019-07-30Series G· $370M

Leadership Team

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Robert Reffkin
Founder & CEO
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Mike Toltzis
Co-Founder @ SET Real Estate Group || Compass
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