Software Engineer II

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 Software Engineer ll role at Compass involves working in a startup-like environment building agile products and services, designing and building distributed, event-driven microservices, independently defining, decomposing, and leading delivery of complex projects, performing code reviews, design reviews, and writing high-quality tests, becoming the subject matter expert for one or more services in your domain, creating clear and concise documentation, owning and operationally improving services in your domain throughout their lifecycle, identifying and removing bottlenecks to address inefficiencies in the developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Work in a startup-like environment building agile products and services
• Design and build distributed, event-driven microservices
• Independently define, decompose, and lead delivery of complex projects
• Perform code reviews, design reviews, and write high quality tests
• Become the subject matter expert for one or more services in your domain
• Create clear and concise documentation (diagrams, service descriptions, decisions, runbooks)
• Own and operationally improve services in your domain throughout their lifecycle
• Identify and remove bottlenecks to address inefficiencies in the developer experience

Requirements

• BS in CS or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of software engineering experience with languages such as Java or Golang
• Experience with Kafka and Ruby on Rails is a plus
• Experience designing and building cloud-based services
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based services (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization, microservices architecture, and continuous integration and delivery
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications

• Minimum wage for the position will always be met

Skills

• Competitive compensation packages
• Rugged benefits and professional growth opportunities

Benefits

• 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
• Pet insurance

Pay

The base pay range for this position is $126,990-$141,100; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Schedule

Perks That You Need To Know About Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions).

Company Culture

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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