Senior Software Engineer

Compass • New York City, NY

114d • $94,000 - $142,000

About The Position

We are hiring for our Transaction Journey organization which owns the systems of our real estate platform that facilitate a property transaction. As a mid-level Software Engineer, you will use your experience with microservices based architecture to build products that deliver high business impact for our customers. You will work with other engineers and develop services to support an industry leading consumer experience while also supporting the growth of the world's most scalable brokerage. There is a tremendous opportunity to grow your career at Compass and positively impact how our customers interact with the Compass platform each day.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of experience developing comprehensive, well-tested, and high-performance software applications with languages such as Java, Go, or Python.
• 1+ years using AWS / cloud technologies.
• High proficiency designing and implementing microservices that are well tested, fault tolerant, and scalable.
• Understanding and adherence to industry-standard best practices in software development and architecture.
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Strong critical thinking skills, great communication skills and passion for delivering an operational excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with gRPC, Thrift, and other server-to-server communication protocols.
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Build, develop, and scale the platform that empowers real estate professionals, buyers, and sellers.
• Become a domain expert in real estate technology, serving as an empathetic partner to our customers.
• Partner and collaborate with fellow engineers.
• Build distributed microservices architecture.
• Operate in a scalable engineering culture that leverages modern principles of decoupled systems and automated CI/CD/testing/monitoring to drive efficiencies.
• Execute on standard agile development methodology.
• Join a great team with high visibility and challenging projects on the horizon to help grow your career.

Benefits

• Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package.
• Full range of benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees