Senior Software Engineer, Compass
$111-167k
Real estate technology platform
Open for applications
Real estate technology platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$111-167k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone find their place in the world.
Role
Who you are
- You are an engineer who is passionate about creating great products 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
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience developing comprehensive, well-tested, and high-performance software applications
- 5+ years of programming experience with Typescript, Javascript, and HTML/CSS
- 3+ years of experience with React and Node.js
- 3+ years of backend programming experience using languages such as Java or Go
- 3+ years using AWS / cloud technologies
- Experience with gRPC, Thrift, and other server-to-server communication protocols
- Experience with Kafka and event-driven systems
- Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies
- Strong critical thinking skills, great communication skills and passion for delivering operational excellence
- A sheer eye for design and attention to detail, the products you build should not merely be functional but should take in context and anticipate our customer’s needs in a beautiful way
- Nice to have: Experience with infrastructure, such as CI/CD pipeline management, CLI tools, or build systems
What the job involves
- We are seeking a motivated Fullstack engineer (frontend-leaning) to join our dynamic engineering team
- As a Senior Software Engineer in the Transaction Journey organization, you will work on building a collaborative transaction management platform to streamline the process of buying and selling homes
- You will build tools that make it easier for agents to work with clients and other parties to complete critical tasks throughout the transaction, so that they can spend less time managing it, and more time with their clients, and building their business
- You will collaborate cross-functionally with multiple teams as well as with our product and design teams to identify and deliver the right solutions for our customers and support the growth of the world’s most scalable brokerage
- You design systems that 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
- Build, develop, and scale the transaction platform that empowers real estate professionals, buyers, and sellers
- Collaborate closely with engineers on your team, engineers on other teams, as well as your product and design counterparts to successfully launch projects which solve real-world customer problems
- Perform code reviews, design reviews, and write high quality tests
- Become the subject matter expert for one or more services in your domain
- Operate in a scalable engineering culture that leverages modern principles of decoupled systems and automated CI/CD/testing/monitoring to drive efficiencies
- Be self-reflective, solutions-driven, growth-minded, and take part in an inclusive environment where we collaborate without ego
- Join a great team with high visibility and challenging projects on the horizon to help grow your career
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
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Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
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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