Engineering Manager, Compass
Real estate technology platform
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Real estate technology platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone find their place in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in Software Development
- 3+ years of experience in hiring, managing and developing software engineering teams of 5-10 engineers
- A highly technical, hands-on developer and an effective people manager with experience directly leading teams
- Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining web applications, distributed backend systems or data platforms
- Experience with technologies such as Java, Golang, AWS, Kafka, Python, Typescript, React
- 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 products that are stable and reliable
What the job involves
- As an Engineering Manager in the Transaction Journey organization, you will lead a team to build a collaborative transaction management platform that streamlines the process of buying and selling homes
- Transaction Management helps agents manage transaction processes from initial contact to close, including accessing state and local forms, sending documents for electronic signature, and managing offers, compliance review, and commisions for buyers and sellers
- Our tools make it easy for agents to work with clients and other parties to complete critical tasks throughout the transaction, so that they can spend less time managing transactions, and more time with their clients, and building their business
- 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
- Help develop and grow a strong and efficient team that can Own, Innovate and Move Fast
- Build a culture of collaboration and trust
- Build a team of strong engineers and build solutions that are reliable, scalable and extensible
- The role will require you to work with Product Managers, Designers and Staff Engineers to identify and deliver the right long term solution for our customers
- Ensure that your team's software adheres to transaction and user data privacy compliance regulations
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture
- 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
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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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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