Senior Engineering Manager, Compass
$167-252k
Real estate technology platform
Open for applications
Real estate technology platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$167-252k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone find their place in the world.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in software development and at least 7+ years of which are management experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- A highly technical, hands-on technical leader and an effective people manager with experience directly leading teams and other managers
- Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining web applications, distributed backend systems or data platforms
- Experience with technologies such as Python, Java, Golang, AWS, Kafka
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team
- Proven track record of using agile principles with multiple teams and products to meet project goals and deliver high quality products
- Excellent communication skills, utilized to collaborate both within Engineering and across all functions of the company to drive engineering initiatives
- Excellent mentoring and review skills to help engineers make technical and career progress
- Exceptional focus on customers by building infrastructure products that are stable and reliable
What the job involves
- As a Senior Engineering Manager in the Tech Infra organization, you will lead an extremely critical and highly visible team of software engineers that provide foundational infrastructure services to all engineering teams at Compass
- We are helping product teams build our real estate technology platform that simplifies the process of finding, buying, and selling homes
- Tech Infra is focused on building a self-service infrastructure platform that enables all engineers to safely and security own their own infrastructure
- Your role oversees critical products and services such as our observability stack and Cloud Services
- Given its central position within the Compass platform and its integration with every engineering team, this role requires a seasoned manager who maintains the highest operational standards while also being skilled in facilitating essential discussions with stakeholders across various functions and organizations
- Your role will involve working on projects that impact the highest priorities of our technology roadmap and the business, all while collaborating cross-functionally with multiple teams
- Engineering managers influence teams outside of their own organization and deliver results that move the needle at the organizational level and impact company-wide goals
- You will be responsible for managing a highly talented and energetic set of developers for delivering critical roadmap features
- You will help develop and grow a strong and efficient set of teams that can Own, Innovate and Move Fast while building a culture of collaboration and trust
- The role will require you to work with Sr Leadership, Directors, and Staff Engineers across the company to identify and deliver the right long term solution for our customers
- You will play a valuable role in setting the north star, standards and operational excellence for the compass platform and engineering team
- Lead, mentor, and grow an organization of talented managers and engineers
- Participate in setting the organization’s goals, develop its roadmap with the organization, and represent Tech Infra interacting with senior leaders across the company
- Provide guidance and support in career development, skill enhancement, and performance management for team members
- Oversee the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software solutions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business goals
- Collaborate with the technical team and product management to drive innovation, maintain code quality, and ensure adherence to software development best practices
- Work closely with senior leadership and other stakeholders to define, execute, and report on the software development strategy in alignment with the company's overall goals
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance team efficiency and project delivery
- Collaborate with other engineering leaders to champion and evangelize a technical vision for engineering at Compass
- Be a connector across engineering teams to drive sound technical and architecture decisions that help effectively scale our products, considering short and long-term risks
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.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Nov 2019
$500m
SERIES G
Jul 2019
$370m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.0bn
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 values
- Dream big
- Move fast
- Learn from reality
- Be solutions-driven
- Obsess about opportunity
- Collaborate without ego
- Maximise your strength
- Bounce back with passion
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
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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.
People progressing
Neda joined Compass in 2018 as Chief of Staff to the CEO after a year at Sidewalk Labs. Following 4 months as Secretary to the Board, in April 2019 they were promoted to President of Compass East Division, and in January 2022 President of US Division.
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