Senior Software Engineer II
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 a 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 seeking versatile Full-stack Engineers and have openings tailored for both frontend-leaning and backend-leaning specializations. Our Key Domains & Focus Areas Based on your background and interests, you will have the opportunity to align with one of our specialized domains: Agent Client Tools - Buy Side: Crafting collaborative, client-facing interfaces and agent tools that guide buyers through every step of the journey, from initial home search to close. CRM - Comms: Designing and scaling the communication engines (email, text, and notifications) that enable real-time, personalized interaction between agents and their clients at scale. CRM - Contacts: Architecting the high-performance, foundational data models, relationship graphs, and contact-management interfaces that serve as the single source of truth for millions of client records.
Requirements
- 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 projects autonomously. (Candidates with 3+ years of exceptional, fast-tracked execution are also encouraged to apply).
- Strong proficiency in backend languages such as Go or Java, with a passion for API design, distributed systems, and backend data architecture. (For Backend-Leaning Candidates)
- Deep expertise in modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React), UI/UX execution, and browser performance, paired with a solid understanding of backend APIs and integrations. (For Frontend-Leaning Candidates)
- Solid hands-on experience designing and operating cloud-based microservices architectures on major cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred, GCP, or Azure).
- 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
- Professional experience with Python is a major plus (highly valued for data pipelines and AI/LLM workflows).
- Experience with Kafka is a plus.
- Experience building high-throughput user workflow tools, transactional systems, dynamic user interfaces, or SaaS products.
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
- Participation in our incentive programs (which 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
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
