Engineering Manager

At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we are revolutionizing the real estate industry with an end‑to‑end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to sellers and buyers.

As an Engineering Manager at Compass, you will lead high‑performing teams building the tools that power daily workflows for hundreds of thousands of real estate agents. We are building a talent pool of exceptional engineering leaders to head teams across key areas of our product ecosystem, including Broker Productivity, Agent Client Tools, and CRM.

You will manage a lean, agile, and high‑performing squad consisting of core full‑time Compass engineers and a flexible pool of strategic contractors. This role focuses on translating business needs into technical requirements, unblocking development velocity, and ensuring that our features are secure, performant, and built upon our centralized platform foundation. Collaborative, fast‑paced leaders who thrive on solving real business problems with cutting‑edge software solutions are encouraged to apply.

• Own the day‑to‑day agile development processes of your engineering squad; prioritize deliverables, manage sprint planning, and resolve blockers to maintain high team velocity.
• Directly manage, mentor, and grow a hybrid team of full‑time software engineers and contractors; provide clear performance standards, support technical skill development, and guide career growth.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and corporate departments to deeply understand user workflows and translate ambiguous operational requests into clear, structured, and phased technical specifications.
• Enforce high‑quality development practices, including rigorous code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and comprehensive system documentation.
• Monitor and optimize application performance, reliability, and scale, ensuring your team's systems are robust and highly available.
• Drive clear and concise business and technical discussions; write high‑quality project plans, technical specifications, and postmortems to keep both engineering and non‑technical partners aligned.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with a solid understanding of software design patterns, APIs, and modern cloud backend architectures.
• 3+ years of experience directly managing software engineering teams, with a proven track record of hiring, developing, and motivating engineering talent.
• Practical experience building applications within SaaS, workflow tools, CRM, transactional systems, or large‑scale enterprise software products.
• Proven ability to manage a team's backlog, protect developers from over‑commitment, make resource trade‑offs, and predictably ship high‑quality software.
• Demonstrated capability in directing and reviewing the work of both internal FTEs and external agency contractors, ensuring quality standards remain high.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex technical constraints into clear business terms for stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of data security concepts, specifically managing secure IAM permissions, protecting data privacy, and shielding PII.

• Broker Productivity – streamlining complex transaction management, compliance, and back‑office SaaS workflows to help managing brokers run their businesses seamlessly.
• Agent Client Tools – Buy‑Side: crafting highly collaborative, consumer‑facing interfaces and agent tools that guide buyers through every step of the journey, from initial home search to close.
• CRM Automation – architecting programmatic engines, trigger‑based workflow automations, and intelligent task‑management systems that drive daily agent efficiency.
• CRM Platform – building the highly scalable backend infrastructure, data pipelines, robust APIs, and integrations that serve as the foundation for our relationship‑management ecosystem.

The base pay range for this position is $194,000 - $215,000; 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 locat