Senior Software Engineer

About the Role:

The Compass Search & Listings organization is responsible for ingesting, enriching and managing the real estate listings that are used by all downstream product teams at Compass, as well as powering the feature-rich listings search capability. The Listing Pipeline teams owns the services that ingest and normalize listing data from over 200 external sources, supplying the core data for the entire Compass platform. 

As a Senior Software Engineer on a Listing Pipeline Team, you will work on projects that deliver the data for all new product capabilities to Compass agents and consumers. You will architect, implement, improve and scale the back-end services, all while collaborating cross-functionally with Product and multiple teams across the organization to work towards the best possible solutions.

As a Senior Engineer, you will use your experience with microservices architecture to influence key technology decisions for scalable performance and stability. With a strong sense of ownership, you bring expert-level industry skills 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.

At Compass, You Will:

• Build, develop, and scale platform pipelines that deliver property listings for real estate professionals, buyers, and sellers across the country.
• Architect distributed microservices architecture.
• Drive continuous improvement and optimization of processes to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve overall performance.
• Operate in a scalable engineering culture that leverages modern principles of decoupled systems and automated CI/CD/testing/monitoring to drive efficiencies.
• Be self-reflective, solutions-driven, growth-minded, and take part in an inclusive environment where we collaborate without ego.
• Inspire, recruit, and mentor fellow engineers.
• Work closely with Product and adjacent Engineering teams to deliver business critical features to our customers.
• Join a great team with high visibility and challenging projects on the horizon to help grow your career.

What We Look For:

• BS or MS in CS or EE, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience developing comprehensive, well-tested, and high-performance software applications in Java, Go or Python.
• 3+ years experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS services, including EKS, S3, Redis, DocumentDB, DynamoDB, Lambda, and MSK.
• Expertise designing and extending Kafka and event-driven data ingestion and normalization services that perform at scale.
• Understanding and adherence to industry-standard best practices in software development and architecture.
• A track record as a technical leader with cross-team impact.
• Strong critical thinking skills, great communication skills, passion for delivering operational excellence and a sense of humor.

Compensation: The base pay range for this position is $131,000-$197,000; 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.