Compa is a venture-backed AI startup revolutionizing the future of compensation.
In a dynamic job market with hiring challenges, accountability, and the rise of AI, companies need the best data to stay ahead of industry changes, competition, and costs. Compa has developed the premier real-time compensation data platform, delivering top-tier compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams.
Compa is a compensation intelligence company built to augment enterprise compensation teams in the era of AI.
Our customers include the world’s biggest companies: NVIDIA, Stripe, DoorDash, Open AI, TMobile, Moderna, Workday, Ulta, Target, and more.
Locations:
Compa headquarters are located in Irvine, California, with growing sites in Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, California. We’re a collaborative, curious, and driven team that values transparency, ownership, and continuous learning and prioritizing in person work where possible.
The Role:
The Compa Platform team builds and operates the systems that power our products, enable our engineers, and keep our platform infrastructure reliable as we grow. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform Team, you will own and lead backend and infrastructure projects across Compa's products, systems, AI/ML, and data warehouse. Join us and help design and maintain the foundation that enables the products our customers use daily!
What you’ll do:
Design, build, and maintain backend services and the AWS infrastructure that supports them
Develop and scale application backends in Django and Postgres, with a focus on reliability and performance
Work on scaling, automation, reliability, and observability of backend and infrastructure services
Design and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and infrastructure automation on AWS
Experience making architectural decisions and setting technical direction
Ability to operate with autonomy in ambiguous problem spaces
Act in a generalist platform engineering capacity on a small start-up team
Assist in upscaling the team as new capabilities are developed, learning quickly and building shared resources that support continued growth
Minimum Qualifications:
5+ years of professional experience in software engineering with an emphasis on backend systems
Strong hands-on experience building and operating production systems on AWS
Deep, hands-on experience with Python, Django, and Postgres in production
Solid DevOps/SRE fundamentals (CI/CD, observability, incident response)
Experience with operational excellence and a deep understanding of metrics, alarms, and dashboards
Solid understanding of networking, distributed systems, and database fundamentals
Preferred Qualifications:
Start-up experience
Experience handling critical incidents for production systems
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments
Working knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration
Exposure to ML Ops
Working knowledge of security best practices and cryptographic protocols
Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering with emphasis on backend systems
- Hands-on experience building and operating production systems on AWS
- Deep, hands-on experience with Python, Django, and Postgres in production
- Solid DevOps/SRE fundamentals including CI/CD, observability, and incident response
- Experience with operational excellence; metrics, alarms, and dashboards
- Solid understanding of networking, distributed systems, and database fundamentals
- Start-up experience
- Experience handling critical incidents for production systems
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Exposure to ML Ops
- Working knowledge of security best practices and cryptographic protocols
Compa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare benefits are described as comprehensive and include medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health support. Public materials emphasize strong coverage suitable for a small, venture‑backed tech company.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes generous vacation, paid holidays, and a company‑wide year‑end closure between Christmas and New Year’s. This structure signals intentional recharge time beyond standard PTO.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks include access to WeWork, Headspace, Duolingo, and Spotify, along with home‑office and commuter stipends and periodic team retreats. These offerings support remote‑friendly work while maintaining connection and wellness.
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What We Do
Compa is a venture-backed SaaS startup revolutionizing the future of compensation. In a dynamic job market with hiring challenges, accountability, and the rise of AI, companies need the best data to stay ahead of industry changes, competition, and costs. Compa has developed the premier real-time compensation data platform, delivering top-tier compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams. Compa is a compensation intelligence company built to augment enterprise compensation teams in the era of AI. Our customers include the world’s biggest companies: Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla, Mastercard, T-Mobile, Sanofi, Moderna, Gilead Sciences, and more.
Why Work With Us
Compa is reimagining how companies win with pay—building tools that make compensation more fair, transparent, and data-driven. You’ll join a mission-driven, remote-first team that values ownership, low ego, and real impact. If you want to shape the future of work, this is the place.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Compa headquarters are located in Irvine, California, with growing sites in Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, California. We’re a collaborative, curious, and driven team that values transparency, ownership, and continuous learning.
