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Compass Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. 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.
About the role:
The Foundational Infrastructure team provides cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and tools that empower Compass teams to build and deploy products securely, efficiently, and with minimal operational overhead.
As a Senior Engineer, you will influence key technology decisions that impact the wider engineering organization. You bring expert-level industry skills, at scale, to Compass in one or more of the Preferred Qualifications below. You are a pragmatic technologist who designs and delivers scalable, resilient systems while fostering collaboration and technical excellence. Beyond execution, you serve as a mentor, guiding a talented team of engineers while driving impactful, high-complexity projects. You lead by example—innovating, teaching, and shaping the future of Compass Engineering.
Responsibilities
Guide technical strategy and mentor engineers on high-impact projects. Design, develop, automate, and optimize scalable infrastructure solutions. Maintain and improve platform reliability, scalability, and security. Manage and monitor infrastructure components and systems. Provide support for infrastructure-related incidents and internal customer needs. Partner with customer teams to proactively identify infrastructure needs. Document and refine infrastructure design and operational practices.
Basic Qualifications
BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience. 5+ years of software development experience with proficiency in Go, Java, or Python Experience building and operating large-scale cloud services in AWS (preferred) or GCP Strong understanding of cloud-native applications and microservice architecture. Proven ability to influence technical decision-making and execution.
Preferred Qualifications
4+ years full-time work experience on an infrastructure platform team providing managed services or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to sizeable (200+ engineers) engineering organizations Led design, development, best practices, observability, tuning, scalability, elasticity, and performance/cost optimization of core infrastructure components Has a deep understanding of one or more of these domains: Kubernetes/Compute Infrastructure Cloud Networking HAProxy, Istio, Envoy DNS, BGP, TGW, VPC Peering, ALB, VPN Edge/CDN networking (Cloudflare, CloudFront, Fastly).
Compensation:
The base pay range for this position is $111K-$167K annually; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits. Base pay is based on market location. Minimum wage for the position will always be met.
Perks That You Need To Know About
Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus 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; and pet insurance.
Do your best work, be your authentic self.
At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world — a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in our Compass Entrepreneurship Principles and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.
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Employment type Full-time Job function
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Senior Software Engineer
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Compass Join to apply for the
Senior Software Engineer
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Compass Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. 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.
About the role:
The Foundational Infrastructure team provides cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and tools that empower Compass teams to build and deploy products securely, efficiently, and with minimal operational overhead.
As a Senior Engineer, you will influence key technology decisions that impact the wider engineering organization. You bring expert-level industry skills, at scale, to Compass in one or more of the Preferred Qualifications below. You are a pragmatic technologist who designs and delivers scalable, resilient systems while fostering collaboration and technical excellence. Beyond execution, you serve as a mentor, guiding a talented team of engineers while driving impactful, high-complexity projects. You lead by example—innovating, teaching, and shaping the future of Compass Engineering.
Responsibilities
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Compensation:
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Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus 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; and pet insurance.
Do your best work, be your authentic self.
At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world — a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in our Compass Entrepreneurship Principles and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.
Notice for California Applicants
Los Angeles County Fair Chance Notice Seniority level
Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type
Employment type Full-time Job function
Job function Engineering and Information Technology Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Compass by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Senior Software Engineer” roles.
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