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
The Engineering Platform organization owns the systems that every engineer at Compass depends on to build, test, deploy, and operate software. Our mission is to reduce friction across the SDLC, improve engineering effectiveness, and build the foundation for AI-enabled software development.
This role is centered on maximizing localized engineering velocity by creating fast feedback loops, optimizing system efficiency, and building reliable workflows across the software development lifecycle. As a Senior Engineer within the Developer Intelligence pillar, you will be an autonomous contributor focused on key components of our platform - working across observability, engineering telemetry, software catalog systems, and AI-assisted workflows to deliver durable, high-quality team capabilities.
Applying AI to the software development lifecycle is a first-class responsibility for this role. You will own and implement systems that use engineering signals to automate manual developer work, improve testing frameworks, assist with production troubleshooting, and create smart workflow orchestrations across your team’s technical domain.
Responsibilities
- Deliver and implement technical solutions for Developer Intelligence systems, focusing on engineering telemetry collection, observability instrumentation, and AI-assisted tooling.
- Analyze developer workflows and SDLC feedback loops to design testable, maintainable, and efficient software components that resolve architectural deficiencies.
- Build and maintain subsystems that reliably collect, correlate, and operationalize data from CI/CD pipelines, source control, testing infrastructure, and developer workflows.
- Write high-quality, stable, and performant code to integrate AI tools into daily engineering workflows, including automated code reviews, software validation, and incident triaging.
- Work closely with teammates and stakeholders to balance technical requirements, clear project roadblocks, and participate actively in design reviews.
- Identify and resolve systemic operational bottlenecks, automate processes, and continuously leave codebases cleaner and easier to maintain.
- Actively mentor peers, provide insightful code reviews, and help train newer team members on platform architecture.
Basic Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of delivering complex technical components autonomously.
- Proficiency in Go and professional experience with Python (highly preferred for telemetry pipelines and AI workflows).
- Practical experience working with data pipelines, engineering telemetry streams, large-scale observability infrastructures (logs, metrics, traces), or developer metrics frameworks.
- Experience embedding AI models, LLM APIs, or automated orchestration tools into software pipelines or system triaging workflows.
- Experience developing, deploying, and operating software components on a major cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with core SDLC infrastructure - including exposure to build systems, local development environments, or automated testing frameworks.
- A strong track record of building internal tools for other engineers, with an active focus on resolving developer pain points.
- Experience automating and simplifying internal development practices to boost team-wide engineering productivity.
Compensation: The base pay range for this position is $176,000-$196,100; 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.
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Skills Required
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience delivering complex technical components autonomously.
- Proficiency in Go.
- Professional experience with Python (highly preferred for telemetry pipelines and AI workflows).
- Practical experience with data pipelines, engineering telemetry streams, large-scale observability infrastructures (logs, metrics, traces), or developer metrics frameworks.
- Experience embedding AI models, LLM APIs, or automated orchestration tools into software pipelines or system triaging workflows.
- Experience developing, deploying, and operating software components on a major cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Familiarity with core SDLC infrastructure (build systems, local development environments, automated testing frameworks).
- Track record of building internal tools for engineers to resolve developer pain points.
- Experience automating and simplifying internal development practices to boost engineering productivity.
Compass Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Compass and has not been reviewed or approved by Compass.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are described as comprehensive, with some noting fully paid dependent coverage and solid plan options. Wellness resources and assistance programs further support overall health needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is characterized as generous for both birthing and non-birthing parents, supporting time at home. Company policies also reference family medical leave.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match alongside an employee stock purchase plan and equity grants adds long-term financial value. These elements broaden total rewards beyond base pay.
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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!
