Director of Engineering, Compass
Transaction Closing, Operations, and Finance
$203.9-305.8k
Real estate technology platform
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Real estate technology platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$203.9-305.8k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone find their place in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive Leadership Experience: A minimum of 6 years of engineering management experience in a medium or large company, with a proven track record of successfully leading multiple geographically distributed engineering teams and managers
- Seasoned Engineering Background: 10+ years of professional engineering experience, with a strong emphasis on operational process improvement
- Strategic Vision: The ability to think strategically and envision the long-term trajectory of the mobile platform, aligning technical decisions with broader business goals and market trends
- Talent Acquisition and Growth: Proven experience in rapidly hiring, onboarding, and nurturing engineers and managers, with a focus on building high-performing teams
- Strong Organizational Skills: Demonstrated organizational capabilities, particularly in areas of influence, collaboration, and communication, essential for driving alignment and cohesion across teams and stakeholders
- Commitment to Operational Excellence: A passion for operational excellence best practices, including but not limited to automated testing, observability, incident management, redundancy, and disaster recovery, ensuring robust and reliable systems
- Innovation and Collaboration: A track record of driving innovation and collaborating effectively with Product and Design stakeholders to deliver customer value and achieve business objectives
- Performance Management Expertise: Proficiency in orchestrating all aspects of performance management, including promotions, performance improvement plans, and terminations, while leading with emotional intelligence and fairness
- Continuous Learning: A dedication to continuous learning and self-improvement, both in technical and leadership skills, staying abreast of industry trends and best practices to drive ongoing innovation and growth
- Passion for Mentorship: A genuine passion for mentoring and nurturing the growth of direct reports, fostering an environment of learning, development, and career advancement
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced engineering Director with significant expertise managing highly available Tier 1 services
- As a Director at Compass, you will act as the primary technical leader for your domain and work directly with executive leadership, leveraging your expertise to exert influence and provide strategic direction to shape the Compass platform’s evolution
- In this role, you will oversee and mentor multiple engineering teams, orchestrating their efforts to deliver impactful solutions
- Your collaboration with Product, Design, and Operations counterparts will be instrumental in translating concepts into tangible products, driving projects from conception to fruition
- As a key technical leader, we expect you to bring a wealth of experience in talent acquisition, team cultivation, and leadership
- The Director position at Compass carries significant technical leadership responsibilities, guiding architecture decisions for multiple engineering teams and their respective managers
- Exceptional soft skills, coupled with superb communication abilities, are imperative as you navigate collaborative endeavors and lead by example
- As a Director at Compass, you will play a pivotal role in nurturing the growth of both managers and engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
- Your capacity to navigate and propel complex technical initiatives independently will be critical, instilling confidence and driving progress
- You will encounter myriad opportunities to lead and catalyze technical innovation, shaping the future of our web platform and the real estate industry at large
- Lead Strategic Direction: Spearhead the technical and strategic direction of services that provide Agents and Staff the ability to close transactions across all markets, collaborating closely with your product and design counterparts, and engage executive leadership to align with company goals and market trends
- Drive Innovation: Champion innovation initiatives and work collaboratively with product, design, and operations leaders to swiftly translate ideas into tangible customer value, ensuring a competitive edge in the market
- Talent Acquisition and Development: Take the lead in recruiting, onboarding, and nurturing top engineering talent, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth within the organization
- Team and Project Management: Provide oversight to multiple engineering teams and managers, guiding them in delivering high-quality solutions that meet customer needs while fostering career development and job satisfaction among team members
- Promote a Collaborative Culture: Cultivate a positive team culture that encourages collaboration, creativity, and innovation, fostering an environment where diverse perspectives are valued and respected
- Technical Expertise and Innovation: Dive deep into the intricacies of the platform to understand current limitations and develop the technical roadmap. Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry best practices, driving adoption where appropriate to ensure the platform remains at the forefront of innovation and efficiency
- Operational Excellence: Advocate for and uphold high standards of operational excellence, ensuring code quality, testing automation, observability, scalability, and maintainability are prioritized throughout the development lifecycle
- Continuous Improvement: Identify and address bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the development process, implementing strategies to optimize developer experience and increase productivity
- Performance Management: Set clear goals and expectations for team and individual performance, working collaboratively with employees to establish measurable objectives and commitments that align with organizational goals
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a liaison between engineering teams and other stakeholders, effectively communicating progress, challenges, and opportunities to ensure alignment and transparency across the organization
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
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
Articles
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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