Software Engineer, Teams

Software Engineer – All Teams

Join Compa, a venture‑backed SaaS startup revolutionizing compensation, as a Software Engineer. Your salary will range from $120,000 to $175,000 per year, commensurate with skills and experience.

Compa delivers real‑time compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams. Our customers include Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla, Mastercard, and many more.

While Compa supports remote work, we prefer candidates near one of our offices in Irvine, CA;
Denver, CO; or Boston, MA.

As a Software Engineer, you will own and build the systems that power Compa’s core products. You will work across the stack, collaborate with product and design, and contribute to features that directly impact enterprise customers.

• Ship production‑grade software across Compa’s web app and backend systems.
• Build new features and improve existing workflows in collaboration with Product and Design.
• Write clean, scalable code and contribute to system architecture decisions.
• Participate in code reviews, team rituals, and roadmap discussions.
• Solve real problems for enterprise compensation teams—from data pipelines to user experience.

• 2+ years of experience shipping production software in a collaborative environment.
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern web development language or framework.
• Comfortable working across the stack or specializing in either frontend or backend.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and follow through on commitments.
• Pragmatic and thoughtful about trade‑offs—focus on outcomes over tools.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Experience in early‑stage or high‑growth startup environments.
• Familiarity with compensation, HR tech, or enterprise SaaS (not required).
• Experience working on data‑driven products or complex user workflows.
• Interest or experience in AI systems or ML infrastructure (a plus, not a requirement).
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working in fast‑paced, iterative environments.

• Backend:
  Django, Python
• Frontend:
  React, Type Script, GraphQL
• Infrastructure: AWS
• Other Tools: vLLM, Linear, Slack, Notion, Metabase

Compensation Range: $120K – $175K