Senior Software Engineer

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Boston, MA
In-Office
Real Estate • Software • PropTech
At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world.
The Role

At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we’re revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.

About the Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Agent Client Tools organization, you will use your experience with microservices based architecture to build products that deliver high business impact for our customers. You will lead design and develop services to support an industry leading consumer experience while also supporting the growth of the world’s most scalable brokerage.

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.

You design systems 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.

At Compass, You Will:

  • Build, develop, and scale the platform that empowers real estate professionals, buyers, and sellers.
  • Become a domain expert in real estate technology, serving as an empathetic partner to our customers.
  • Inspire, recruit, and mentor fellow engineers.
  • Lead in the architecting of our distributed microservices architecture.
  • Operate in a scalable engineering culture that leverages modern principles of decoupled systems and automated CI/CD/testing/monitoring to drive efficiencies
  • Execute on standard agile development methodology
  • Join a great team with a lot of visibility and some challenging projects on the horizon

What We Look For:

  • BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience
  • A track record as a technical leader with cross-team impact.
  • 5+ years of experience developing comprehensive, well-tested, and high-performance software applications.
  • 5+ years of programming experience in languages such as Java or Go 
  • Experience with gRPC, Thrift, and other server-to-server communication protocols. 
  • Experience with Kafka and event-driven systems
  • 3+ years using AWS / cloud technologies.
  • High proficiency designing and implementing microservices
  • Understanding and adherence to industry-standard best practices in software development and architecture.
  • Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies
  • Strong critical thinking skills, great communication skills and passion for delivering an operational excellence

If you're passionate about shaping the future of real estate technology and possess the skills and experience we're seeking, we encourage you to join our dynamic team at Compass. Together, we'll continue to transform the industry.

Compensation: The base pay range for this position is $111,000-$167,000; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits. Base pay is based on market location. Minimum wage for the position will always be met.

Perks that You Need to Know About:

Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, 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; and pet insurance.

 
Do your best work, be your authentic self.
At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world — a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive.  Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in our Compass Entrepreneurship Principles and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
4,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

A real estate company with a purpose; we are building the first modern real estate platform, pairing the industry’s top talent with technology to make the search and sell experience intelligent and seamless.

Why Work With Us

We are a tech company reinventing the space.

To lead the industry requires the smartest tools built by the brightest minds across engineering, design, and strategy. Through our proprietary platform, Compass is changing how agents and clients navigate the process of finding or selling a home. Join our team today!

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