Senior Backend Engineer — Scale AI-Driven Microservices

Compass; Madison (NJ); On-site; USD 176,000 - 196,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses & RSUs

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Compass is building a scalable backend platform to power a real estate ecosystem for agents and clients. The team focuses on high-throughput services, data pipelines, and AI-enabled automation to streamline workflows across buyer and seller experiences.

We seek Backend Senior Engineers with 5+ years of experience in distributed systems, proficient in Go or Java, with knowledge of Python and data architectures. You will own design, delivery, and mentorship within a cloud-native stack.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience, architecting and delivering complex backend systems autonomously (3+ years fast-tracked execution also ok).

Responsibilities

• Architect & Scale Backend Systems: Design, build, and maintain high-performance, distributed, event-driven microservices and cloud infrastructure designed to scale with high throughput.
• Drive Technical Delivery: Independently define, decompose, and lead the delivery of complex backend systems, database schemas, and robust API contracts.
• Incorporate Intelligent Automation & Pipelines: Build modern backend patterns, integrating AI models, streaming data pipelines, and telemetry systems to automate workflows.
• Champion Engineering Excellence: Perform rigorous code and design reviews, write automated unit and integration tests, and improve system performance and reliability.
• System & Domain Ownership: Own service reliability, produce architectural docs and runbooks, manage lifecycle ownership.
• Collaborate & Mentor: Partner with product managers and frontend teams to deliver seamless API integrations and mentor peers.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

REST APIs

Event-driven

CI/CD

Agile

Communication

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Compass is building a scalable backend platform to power a real estate ecosystem for agents and clients. The team focuses on high-throughput services, data pipelines, and AI-enabled automation to streamline workflows across buyer and seller experiences.

We seek Backend Senior Engineers with 5+ years of experience in distributed systems, proficient in Go or Java, with knowledge of Python and data architectures. You will own design, delivery, and mentorship within a cloud-native stack.