Base Salary
$176k - $196k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain high-performance distributed, event-driven microservices and scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Define, decompose, and lead delivery of complex backend systems, database schemas, and API contracts.
- Integrate AI models, streaming data pipelines, and telemetry systems to automate workflows.
- Conduct code and design reviews and write automated unit and integration tests.
- Own domain architecture, service reliability, documentation, and systems throughout their lifecycle.
- Collaborate with product managers and frontend engineers to deliver API integrations and resolve systemic bottlenecks.
- Mentor engineering peers and serve as a subject matter expert for the assigned domain.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience; candidates with 3+ years of fast-tracked execution are also encouraged to apply.
- Proficiency in Go or Java, with Python experience highly valued for data pipelines and AI/LLM integrations.
- Strong understanding of API design, microservices, data architecture, event-driven systems, and message brokers such as Kafka.
- Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native microservices on AWS, GCP, or Azure; AWS is preferred.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and Agile methodologies.
- Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and empathy for engineering peers and real estate users.
Benefits
- Base pay range of $176,000-$196,100, with possible bonuses and restricted stock units.
- Paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave.
- Medical, tele-health, dental, vision, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, commuter program, life and disability insurance, and pet insurance.
- Maven new-parent support, Carrot fertility benefits, UrbanSitter caregiver referrals, and an Employee Assistance Program.
- Participation in incentive programs that may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions.
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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.