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Compass · 2 days ago

Senior Software Engineer II - Engineering Platforms

Compass is revolutionizing the real estate industry with its end-to-end platform, aiming to help everyone find their place in the world. The Senior Software Engineer II will contribute to the Engineering Platforms team by influencing technology decisions, mentoring engineers, and improving the internal engineering platform to enhance developer productivity and system reliability.

Property ManagementPropTechReal EstateReal Estate BrokerageResidential
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Responsibilities

Contribute to the technical roadmap for our internal engineering platform, championing open standards and a best-in-class developer experience
Architect, scale, and maintain our platform's core features - including IDEs, CLIs, 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
Partner with customer teams and stakeholders such as security and compliance to proactively identify infrastructure needs

Qualification

GoDistributed systemsCloud servicesJavaPythonTypeScriptInternal toolsAPIsOperational excellenceEngineering cultureMentoring

Required

BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
7+ years of professional software development experience with a focus on large-scale systems
Proven ability to design and build complex distributed systems, ensuring reliability and scalability not just for a single team, but across a broader product surface
Proficiency in Go and professional experience in one or more of the following: Java, Python, or TypeScript
Extensive experience building and operating services on major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) with a focus on abstracting complexity for end-users

Preferred

Experience building internal tools, libraries, or APIs that have been successfully adopted by multiple teams outside of your direct organization
A history of modernizing legacy systems and successfully deprecating redundant infrastructure
Ability to manage the full lifecycle of an internal developer platform, treating internal engineers as customers and focusing on 'Golden Path' adoption
Active experience in the hiring process and a track record of outsized impact with the continuous improvement of engineering culture

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)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2024 (4)
2023 (5)
2022 (21)
2021 (73)
2020 (22)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.62B
Key Investors
Morgan Stanley Senior FundingSoftBank Vision FundFidelity
2026-01-08Post Ipo Debt· $850M
2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2021-04-01IPO

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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