Senior Software Engineer (all teams)

About the role

The Senior Software Engineer will own production software across Compa's web app and backend systems, from design to delivery. They will also lead architecture decisions and write clean, scalable code.

Responsibilities

• Own key ML and AI integrations into our data workflows, including building our own agent harness
• Build new features and improve existing workflows alongside Product and Design
• Drive code review and influence roadmap and technical direction
• Solve real problems for enterprise comp teams, from data pipelines to user experience

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience shipping production software on a team
• Deep proficiency in at least one modern web language or framework, and fluency across the stack
• Successful end to end ownership of complex features or systems (design to production)
• Experience leading technical decisions (trade-off justification)
• Experience driving projects autonomously through ambiguity (scoping to delivery)
• Experience raising the bar through code review and mentoring

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: 5+ years of professional experience shipping production software on a team, deep proficiency in at least one modern web language or framework, and fluency across the stack, successful end to end ownership of complex features or systems (design to production), experience leading technical decisions (trade-off justification), experience driving projects autonomously through ambiguity (scoping to delivery), experience raising the bar through code review and mentoring

Skills

• Experience at early-stage or high-growth startups
• Familiarity with compensation, HR tech, or enterprise SaaS
• Experience with data-driven products or complex user workflows
• Interest or experience in AI systems or ML infrastructure
• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast, iterative work

Pay

$165K - $220K

Schedule

Full-time

Benefits

Compa offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Location

Compa headquarters are located in Irvine, California, with growing sites in Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, California.