Software Engineer II
- Salary
- $126,990 - $141,100
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
Compass's standard text
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.
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Compass envisions a world where the experience of selling or buying a home is simple and pleasant for everyone. Founded in 2012, Compass provides a cloud-based end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to their seller and buyer clients, all in service of its mission to help everyone find their place in the world.
As one of the fastest-growing technology companies in an industry of nearly $4 trillion, Compass has built a world-class engineering team operating the only end-to-end platform in the real estate industry. The platform gives Compass the edge to push the boundaries of value we can add for our customers.
There is so much more Compass can do, and it needs your experience building modern cloud services to evolve and create products that improve every step of the real estate agents’ experience from the first contact with a client to the close of a deal. You will have the opportunity to work across the entire real estate journey, working with technology that aggregates millions to billions of interactions, listings, transactions, and other data.
In this role you will be at the center of the Compass platform, providing our agents the tools they need to manage and engage with millions of residential real estate clients.
What you will do:
- 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
What we look for:
- 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
Compensation: 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. Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits. Base pay is based on market location. Minimum wage for the position will always be met.
Perks that You Need to Know About:
Compass's standard text
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; and pet insurance.
Do your best work, be your authentic self.
At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world — a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. 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.
Compass's standard text
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Microservices · Ruby · Ruby on Rails
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The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 39 open in Engineering. 13 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in April: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Maven (39 of 39), Agile (27 of 39), AWS (23 of 39), CI/CD (20 of 39), Golang (20 of 39), Python (19 of 39), Java (16 of 39)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Oct 15
- Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Oct 15
- Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Oct 15
- Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Oct 15
- Senior Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Oct 5
- Senior Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Oct 5
- Senior Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Oct 5
- Senior Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Oct 5
- Senior Software Engineer I - Front End posted Oct 2
- Senior Software Engineer II - Front End posted Oct 2
- Senior Technical Program Manager II posted Sep 30
- Senior Technical Program Manager II posted Sep 30
- Senior Technical Program Manager II posted Sep 30
- Staff Software Engineer - Front End posted Sep 9
- Software Engineer II - Front End posted Sep 1
- Software Engineer II - Front End posted Sep 1
- Software Engineer II- Front End posted Sep 1
- Software Engineer II - Front End posted Sep 1
- Staff Software Engineer - Front End posted Aug 31
- Senior Software Engineer II posted Jul 31
- Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Jul 23
- Senior Software Engineer II- Streaming and Durability posted Jul 22
- Senior Software Engineer II - Streaming and Durability posted Jul 22
- Senior Software Engineer II - Streaming and Durability posted Jul 22
- Senior Software Engineer I posted Jul 22
- Engineering Manager posted Jul 16
- Engineering Manager posted Jul 14
- Engineering Manager posted Jul 14
- Engineering Manager posted Jul 14
- Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Jul 7
- Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS posted Jul 7
- Software Engineer- Mobile, iOS posted Jul 7
- Sr Software Engineer - AI DevEx posted Jul 2
- Sr Software Engineer - AI DevEx posted Jul 2
- Sr Software Engineer - AI DevEx posted Jul 2
- Sr Software Engineer - AI DevEx posted Jul 2
- Staff Software Engineer - Front End posted Apr 22
- Senior Software Engineer II posted Apr 30
From the team and dates on Compass's own job board.
Salary context
20 other open postings titled Software Engineer II state a salary: median USD 120,000 to USD 173,000 a year.
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