Senior Software Engineer, Compass

Cloud Infrastructure

$131-197k

Participation in our incentive programs (which may include where eligible cash, equity, or commissions).

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Java

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Logstash

loki

Senior and Expert level

New York

Real estate technology platform

Open for applications

Real estate technology platform

1001+ employees

B2CPropertyMarketplaceRentingReal Estate

Open for applications

$131-197k

Participation in our incentive programs (which may include where eligible cash, equity, or commissions).

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Java

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Logstash

loki

Senior and Expert level

New York

1001+ employees

B2CPropertyMarketplaceRentingReal Estate

Company mission

To help everyone find their place in the world.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
7+ years of software development experience with proficiency in Go, Java, or Python
Experience building and operating large-scale cloud services in AWS (preferred) or GCP
Strong understanding of cloud-native applications and microservice architecture
Proven ability to influence technical decision-making and execution

Desirable

4+ years full-time work experience on an infrastructure platform team providing managed services or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to sizeable (200+ engineers) engineering organizations
Led design, development, best practices, observability, tuning, scalability, elasticity, and performance/cost optimization of core infrastructure components
Has a deep understanding of one or more of these domains:
Kubernetes/Compute Infrastructure
Cloud Networking
HAProxy, Istio, Envoy
DNS, BGP, TGW, VPC Peering, ALB, VPN
Edge/CDN networking (Cloudflare, CloudFront, Fastly)
Observability
Monitoring, Alerting, and Visualization: Prometheus, Grafana
Distributed Tracing: OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Zipkin
Log Aggregation: Loki, Fluentd, Logstash, Graylog
Cloud Resource Management / Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible
CICD automation using GitLab CI, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions

What the job involves

The Foundational Infrastructure team provides cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and tools that empower Compass teams to build and deploy products securely, efficiently, and with minimal operational overhead
As a Senior Engineer, you will influence key technology decisions that impact the wider engineering organization
You are a pragmatic technologist who designs and delivers scalable, resilient systems while fostering collaboration and technical excellence
Beyond execution, you serve as a mentor, guiding a talented team of engineers while driving impactful, high-complexity projects
You lead by example—innovating, teaching, and shaping the future of Compass Engineering
Guide technical strategy and mentor engineers on high-impact projects
Design, develop, and optimize scalable infrastructure solutions
Maintain and improve platform reliability, scalability, and security
Manage and monitor Kubernetes clusters, storage, and networking components
Provide support for infrastructure-related incidents and internal customer needs
Partner with customer teams to proactively identify infrastructure needs
Document and refine infrastructure design and operational practices

Our take

Compass uses an AI-driven platform to smooth out and speed up the process of buying, selling, or renting property. It functions much like a traditional broker, but employs tech to reduce the time, uncertainty, cost and friction of transactions for buyers, sellers & agents.

It's disrupting a sector so far largely averse to tech innovation, allowing users to close deals in less time than the industry average of 30-45 days. Compass is now the largest independent real estate brokerage in the USA, with over 29,000 agents nationwide.

Despite being a leading residential brokerage and competing well, Compass has remained unprofitable. While the company is replanning its cost structure to be profitable over the next year, it announced its third round of payoffs in early January 2023. Its profit-generating plans include expanding into mortgages, escrow & title services.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

15% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Jul 2019

$370m

SERIES G

Sep 2018

$400m

SERIES F

Total funding: $1.5bn

Company benefits

Flexible Working
Work From Home Opportunities
Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Time
Paid Parental, Marriage, and 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 HQ

Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY

Leadership

Robert Reffkin

(CEO)

After 2 years at McKinsey, Robert worked as a Lazard Associate and White House Fellow. They joined Goldman Sachs in 2006, where they worked as VP of Principal Investment before leaving in 2012 to found Compass. Alongside this, Robert ran 50 marathons in 50 states to raise $1 million dollars for for youth education and enrichment programs.

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