Senior Software Engineer II - Front End

Compass is revolutionizing the real estate industry with an end-to-end platform. They are seeking a Senior Front End Engineer to join their engineering team, focusing on building high-performance frontend interfaces for domains like CRM and Broker Productivity.

• End-to-End Design & Build: Architect, build, and maintain high-performance, distributed, event-driven microservices and cloud infrastructure, while ensuring seamless integration with modern, intuitive frontend interfaces.
• Drive Technical Delivery: Independently define, decompose, and lead the delivery of complex technical projects and subsystems across the entire stack.
• Incorporate Intelligent Automation: Build and operationalize modern software patterns, including integrating AI models, data pipelines, and telemetry systems to automate workflows.
• Champion Engineering Excellence: Perform rigorous code and design reviews, write high-quality automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end), and continuously leave codebases cleaner and more performant than you found them.
• Own Your Domain: Act as a subject matter expert, creating clear technical documentation (architecture diagrams, runbooks, and specs) and owning your services and applications throughout their entire lifecycle.
• Collaborate & Mentor: Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to balance requirements, resolve systemic bottlenecks, and actively mentor peers to level up the engineering team.

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of experience developing comprehensive, well-tested, and high-performance software applications in Typescript, Javascript, and HTML/CSS
• 5+ years of experience with React and NodeJS
• 3+ years of experience using AWS / cloud technologies
• A track record as a technical leader with cross-team impact
• Understanding and adherence to industry-standard best practices in software development and architecture while keeping abreast of evolving technologies in AI
• A sheer eye for design and attention to detail, the products you build should not merely be functional but should take in context and anticipate our customer’s needs in a beautiful way
• Strong critical thinking skills, great communication skills and passion for delivering operational excellence
• Strong familiarity with continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, containerization, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong sense of technical empathy for your end-users (whether they are real estate agents or fellow developers)
• Nice to have: Experience with backend programming experience using languages such as Java, Golang, or Python
• Nice to have: Experience with Kafka and event-driven systems, gRPC, Thrift, and other server-to-server communication protocols

• Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions)
• Plus 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