Base Salary
$127k - $141k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain backend microservices and APIs supporting Title & Escrow, Insurance, Mortgage, and Home Warranty workflows.
- Contribute to frontend development using React and help deliver full-stack features end to end.
- Independently deliver small- to mid-sized components and collaborate with senior engineers on complex technical designs.
- Improve operational metrics, monitoring, reliability, and stability while participating in on-call rotations.
- Write maintainable, well-tested code and create comprehensive regression tests.
- Become a subject matter expert on internal components or tools and mentor incoming software engineering interns.
- Participate in code reviews, team planning, design discussions, and Agile team workflows.
Requirements
- 2–4 years of software engineering experience developing well-tested, high-performance applications.
- Strong backend engineering skills with proficiency in Go, Node.js, Python, or Java.
- Practical experience with modern frontend technologies, ideally TypeScript and React.
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and implementation trade-offs.
- Experience building and consuming gRPC or REST APIs within microservice architectures.
- Familiarity with AWS, event-driven systems such as Kafka, and modern CI/CD tooling is a strong plus.
- Knowledge of software testing practices and tools such as Jest, Cypress, or equivalent backend testing frameworks.
- Ability to execute independently on straightforward technical problems, collaborate effectively, and seek guidance when facing ambiguity.
- Practical experience or strong interest in AI-assisted development tools such as ClaudeCode or GitHub Copilot.
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Participation in incentive programs that may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions.
- Paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave.
- Medical, tele-health, dental, and vision benefits.
- 401(k) plan and flexible spending accounts.
- Commuter program, life and disability insurance, pet insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program.
- Maven support for new parents, Carrot fertility benefits, and UrbanSitter caregiver referral services.
- Equal opportunity employer with professional growth and mobility opportunities.
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About Compass
Compass is a real estate technology company with a powerful end-to-end platform that supports the entire buying and selling workflow. We deliver an incomparable experience to both agents and their clients all in service of the Compass mission: to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012 by Ori Allon and Robert Reffkin, Compass operates in 22+ regions across the United States including New York, Los Angeles and Orange County, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Washington D.C., South Florida, The Hamptons, Santa Barbara & Montecito, San Diego, Seattle & Eastside, Philadelphia, Connecticut, Westchester, Aspen, Boulder, Denver, Atlanta, Austin & Central Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Nashville, and Lake Tahoe. Learn more and find your place at www.compass.com and www.compass.com/careers. Compass only reaches out to applicants from a @compass.com domain and does not prompt applicants to download software or files as part of its application process.