Senior Software Engineer I - Front End

Compass • Boston, MA

5d • $149,580 - $166,200

About The Position

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. As one of the fastest-growing technology companies in a massive industry, we're on a mission to build an exceptional engineering team and a transformative operating platform that will redefine real estate. We're seeking talented individuals at all levels to join us as we continue to grow our team. At Compass, we believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive community, ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. Our entrepreneurial principles spirit unites us, guiding our approach to the challenges ahead. As a Senior Software Engineer I and Senior Software Engineer II, you will join a world-class engineering team operating the only end-to-end platform in the real estate industry. We are building a high-caliber talent pool of Senior Engineers to lead technical initiatives across several key domain areas. For these roles, we are looking for Front End Engineers. Our Key Domains & Focus Areas Based on your background and interests, you will have the opportunity to align with one of our specialized domains: Customer Relationship Management (CRM): CRM Insights is transforming Compass's CRM from a system of record into an intelligent system of action — using AI-driven insights to surface data patterns and proactively guide agents toward high-value activity. As the FE Lead, you'll shape a strategic, high-visibility product surface — building innovative dashboards, notifications, and reporting interfaces that make those insights actionable for thousands of agents. Broker Productivity: Powers the scalability of brokerage operations by engineering a unified operating system that consolidates fragmented back-office workflows—including several back-office applications, APIs, tools and services—into a cohesive, data-driven ecosystem that eliminates manual dependencies and empowers brokerages to grow and operate profitably.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience developing comprehensive, well-tested, and high-performance software applications in Typescript, Javascript, and HTML/CSS
• 5+ years of experience with React and NodeJS
• 3+ years of experience using AWS / cloud technologies
• A track record as a technical leader with cross-team impact
• Understanding and adherence to industry-standard best practices in software development and architecture while keeping abreast of evolving technologies in AI
• A sheer eye for design and attention to detail, the products you build should not merely be functional but should take in context and anticipate our customer’s needs in a beautiful way
• Strong critical thinking skills, great communication skills and passion for delivering operational excellence
• Strong familiarity with continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, containerization, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong sense of technical empathy for your end-users (whether they are real estate agents or fellow developers)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with backend programming experience using languages such as Java, Golang, or Python
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven systems, gRPC, Thrift, and other server-to-server communication protocols

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain high-performance, distributed, event-driven microservices and cloud infrastructure, while ensuring seamless integration with modern, intuitive frontend interfaces.
• Independently define, decompose, and lead the delivery of complex technical projects and subsystems across the entire stack.
• Build and operationalize modern software patterns, including integrating AI models, data pipelines, and telemetry systems to automate workflows.
• Perform rigorous code and design reviews, write high-quality automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end), and continuously leave codebases cleaner and more performant than you found them.
• Act as a subject matter expert, creating clear technical documentation (architecture diagrams, runbooks, and specs) and owning your services and applications throughout their entire lifecycle.
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to balance requirements, resolve systemic bottlenecks, and actively mentor peers to level up the engineering team.

Benefits

• Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package
• paid vacation
• holidays
• sick time
• parental leave
• recharge leave
• medical
• tele-health
• dental
• 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
• pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior