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Senior Engineering Manager

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In-Office
Seattle, WA
167K-252K
Senior level
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Seattle, WA
167K-252K
Senior level
Lead and manage a team of engineers, oversee software development processes, ensure compliance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical and business goals.
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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.

As a Senior Engineering Manager in the Transaction Journey organization, you will lead a team to build a collaborative transaction management platform that streamlines the process of buying and selling homes. You will oversee critical products and services that are foundational to our agent and staff workflows. Transaction Management helps agents manage transaction processes from initial contact to close, including accessing state and local forms, sending documents for electronic signature, and managing offers, compliance review, and commissions for buyers and sellers. Our tools make it easy for agents to work with clients and other parties to complete critical tasks throughout the transaction, so that they can spend less time managing transactions, and more time with their clients, and building their business. 

This team requires a seasoned manager who maintains the highest operational standards while also being skilled in facilitating essential discussions with stakeholders across various functions and organizations. Your role will involve working on projects that impact the highest priorities of our technology roadmap and the business, all while collaborating cross-functionally with multiple teams. Engineering managers influence teams outside of their own organization and deliver results that move the needle at the organizational level and impact company-wide goals. You will be responsible for managing a highly talented and energetic set of developers for delivering critical roadmap features. Help develop and grow a strong and efficient team that can Own, Innovate and Move Fast. Build a culture of collaboration and trust. Build a team of strong engineers and build solutions that are reliable, scalable and extensible. The role will require you to work with Product Managers, Designers and Staff Engineers to identify and deliver the right long term solution for our customers.


Responsibilities:

  • Lead, mentor, and grow an organization of talented managers and engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
  • Participate in setting the organization’s goals, develop its roadmap with the organization, and often represent Transaction Platform interacting with senior leaders across the company.
  • Ensure that your team's software adheres to transaction and user data privacy compliance regulations.
  • Provide guidance and support in career development, skill enhancement, and performance management for team members.
  • Oversee the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
  • Collaborate with the technical team and product management to drive innovation, maintain code quality, and ensure adherence to software development best practices.
  • Work closely with senior leadership and other stakeholders to define, execute, and report on the software development strategy in alignment with the company's overall goals.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance team efficiency and project delivery.
  • Collaborate with other engineering leaders to champion and evangelize a technical vision for engineering at Compass.
  • Be a connector across engineering teams to drive sound technical and architecture decisions that help effectively scale our products, considering short and long-term risks.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in Software Development, and at least 6+ years of management experience.
  • A highly technical, hands-on developer and an effective people manager with experience directly leading teams and other managers.
  • Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining web applications, distributed backend systems or data platforms.
  • Experience with technologies such as Java, Golang, AWS, Kafka, Python, Typescript, React.
  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team.
  • Proven track record of using agile principles with multiple teams and products to meet project goals and deliver high quality products.
  • Excellent communication skills, utilized to collaborate both within Engineering and across all functions of the company to drive engineering initiatives.
  • Excellent mentoring and review skills to help engineers make technical and career progress.
  • Exceptional focus on customers by building products that are stable and reliable.

Compensation: The base pay range for this position is $167,000-$252,000 annually; 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:

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.

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Top Skills

AWS
Go
Java
Kafka
Python
React
Typescript

Compass Seattle, Washington, USA Office

503 Westlake Ave N, Seattle, WA, United States

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