Compa is a venture-backed SaaS startup revolutionizing the future of compensation.
In a dynamic job market with hiring challenges, accountability, and the rise of AI, companies need the best data to stay ahead of industry changes, competition, and costs. Compa has developed the premier real-time compensation data platform, delivering top-tier compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams.
Compa is a compensation intelligence company built to augment enterprise compensation teams in the era of AI.
Our customers include the world’s biggest companies: Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla, Mastercard, T-Mobile, Sanofi, Moderna, Gilead Sciences, and more.
💻 About the roleSoftware engineers at Compa have a high degree of ownership and autonomy to build the systems powering the future of enterprise compensation at a global scale.
As a Software Engineer on the Agents you will be responsible for building, shipping, and delivering production-grade AI agents to enterprise customers like Stripe, Block, Roblox, etc.
Compa’s first agents: Partner AI and Analyst AI help the world’s largest companies manage the largest line-item expense on their P&L — compensation.
In this role, you will be on the frontline of a once-in-a-generation technology shift defining how agentic systems are built, deployed, and maintained in the enterprise.
You have a high-level of trust and autonomy to build our core systems and influence the product roadmap.
👋 About youAs our next Software Engineer, you should have 2+ years of experience shipping production-grade software
Deep interest, curiosity, and passion for AI systems — experience with AI is nice, not required
Want to help make compensation more transparent, fair, and equitable
Proven track record of shipping product or systems
Pragmatic instincts - you think first about the interaction of systems and people rather than the latest technical fad
Comfortable executing in high ambiguous and constantly changing situations
Have a bias for action - transform ambiguity and uncertainty into concrete next steps
Able to overcome obstacles to ship - done is better than perfect!
Collaborative problem solver
Looking to realize your potential by engaging with challenging problems, both technical and societal
Here’s our stack:
Django
Python
React JS
Typescript
GraphQL
AWS
vllm
You don’t need to have prior experience with these exact technologies but some experience is a plus.
Compensation Range: $120K - $175K
Top Skills
Compa Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Office
625 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States, 02139
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