Staff Software Engineer, Compass

• You are an engineer who is passionate about creating well-defined APIs that are easy to use
• You feel it is critical that your voice is heard in product and business decisions
• You love to learn, and equally love to share your knowledge with others
• You are a great communicator and you take care to understand before making yourself understood
• Your design systems are fault tolerant, scalable, highly available, well-tested, eventually consistent, and follow best practices such as the single responsibility principle
• Your code is designed for modularity and re-use
• You take pride in delivering solid code that is well-tested, peer-reviewed, and follows best practices
• You have strong opinions on code structure, style, and development processes
• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• A track record as a technical leader with cross-team impact
• 10+ years of experience developing comprehensive, well-tested, and high-performance software applications
• 10+ years of programming experience in languages such as Java or Go
• Experience with gRPC, Thrift, and other server-to-server communication protocols
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven systems
• 5+ years using AWS / cloud technologies
• High proficiency designing and implementing microservices
• Understanding and adherence to industry-standard best practices in software development and architecture
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies
• Strong critical thinking skills, great communication skills and passion for delivering an operational excellence
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• Experience with SEO is a huge plus

• As a Staff Software Engineer in the Business Growth organization, you will use your experience with microservices based architecture to build products that deliver high business impact for our customers
• You will lead design and develop services to support an industry leading consumer experience while also supporting the growth of the world’s most scalable brokerage
• You will lead a team dedicated to building tools that help agents grow their business and enhance engagement with their clients
• This team focuses on empowering agents by developing solutions that optimize client interactions, drive business growth, and provide agents with the resources they need to succeed
• Provide strategic direction and ownership to Compass software architecture
• Build, develop, and scale the platform that empowers real estate professionals, buyers, and sellers
• Become a domain expert in real estate technology, serving as an empathetic partner to our customers
• Inspire, recruit, and mentor fellow engineers
• Lead in the architecting of our distributed microservices architecture
• Operate in a scalable engineering culture that leverages modern principles of decoupled systems and automated CI/CD/testing/monitoring to drive efficiencies
• Execute on standard agile development methodology
• Join a great team with a lot of visibility and some challenging projects on the horizon

• 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

Total funding: $1.5bn

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.