Software Engineer, Compass
$94-142k
Real estate technology platform
Job no longer available
Real estate technology platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$94-142k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone find their place in the world.
Role
Who you are
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years experience with one of our backend languages (python, go)
- Bash or Python scripting experience is strongly preferred
- Experience working on CI/CD systems is a plus
- Experience working with Bazel a plus
- Experience working on developer tooling is a plus
- Exposure to microservice architectures is a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
What the job involves
- The Engineering Platform team is a mission-critical team within Compass’ Technology Infrastructure organization and is responsible for building tools and software that the rest of Compass depends on
- Our mission is to build the tools that enable Compass Engineering to move fast for our customers and make it easy for engineers to develop, deploy, and monitor their software
- Engineering Platform provides Compass engineers with best-in-class developer tooling, enabling them to merge, build, and deploy
- We are seeking a motivated backend software engineer (generalist) who wants to be a part of a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- Collaborate with engineers on your team to develop and extend best-in-class internal tooling, including our internal deployment platform, our command line interface, and a variety of other tools
- Work across the entire software development lifecycle – from local development to builds to deployment – enabling Compass engineers to move fast
- Identify opportunities to automate to improve developer velocity
- Participate in code reviews, document reviews, and other collaborative processes within your team
- Write and extend technical documentation (e.g. runbooks) for services your team owns
- Join a high-performing team with org-wide 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.
Recently, Compass acquired Anywhere Real Estate in a major leap that cements its place among the biggest players in US property. By uniting leading brokerage brands and expanding its agent network on a massive scale, Compass strengthens both its readch and its techn-driven platfrom. The move add new revenue opportunities and efficiencies, positioning the company to navigate today's tough housing market and shape the future of real estate.
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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 HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Robert Reffkin
(Founder & 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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