Senior Software Engineer, All Teams

About the role

At Compa, we're building the future of enterprise compensation. Our platform helps the world's largest companies make smarter, fairer, and more transparent pay decisions—powered by live data and thoughtful design.

Responsibilities

• Ship production-grade software across Compa’s web app and backend systems
• Build new features and improve existing workflows in collaboration with Product and Design
• Write clean, scalable code and contribute to system architecture decisions
• Participate in code reviews, team rituals, and roadmap discussions
• Solve real problems for enterprise compensation teams—from data pipelines to user experience

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience shipping production software in a collaborative environment
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern web development language or framework
• Comfortable working across the stack or specializing in either frontend or backend
• Proven ability to work autonomously and follow through on commitments
• Pragmatic and thoughtful about trade-offs—focus on outcomes over tools
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: 5+ years of experience shipping production software in a collaborative environment, strong proficiency in at least one modern web development language or framework, comfortable working across the stack or specializing in either frontend or backend, proven ability to work autonomously and follow through on commitments, pragmatic and thoughtful about trade-offs—focus on outcomes over tools, strong communication and collaboration skills
• Preferred qualifications: Experience in early-stage or high-growth startup environments, Familiarity with compensation, HR tech, or enterprise SaaS, Experience working on data-driven products or complex user workflows, Interest or experience in AI systems or ML infrastructure, Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working in fast-paced, iterative environments

Skills

• Backend: Django, Python
• Frontend: React, TypeScript, GraphQL
• Infrastructure: AWS
• Other Tools: vLLM, Linear, Slack, Notion, Metabase

Pay

$160K - $225K