Senior Software Engineer II - Streaming and Durability

Compass
Boston
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 176,000 - 196,100Function: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Trade-off analysis","Cross-team collaboration","Incident resolution"]

Own Compass’s foundational data layer for a multi-tenant real estate platform, designing and operating database, cache, and streaming systems that must be fast, correct, and isolated at scale. Build tenant-safe access patterns with SDKs, drive zero-downtime production upgrades across fleets, and develop observability using SLI dashboards and tenant-dimensioned telemetry. Partner with product and platform teams to scale workloads and resolve critical incidents.

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Compass
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Senior Software Engineer II - Streaming and Durability

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Job Summary

Own Compass’s foundational data layer for a multi-tenant real estate platform, designing and operating database, cache, and streaming systems that must be fast, correct, and isolated at scale. Build tenant-safe access patterns with SDKs, drive zero-downtime production upgrades across fleets, and develop observability using SLI dashboards and tenant-dimensioned telemetry. Partner with product and platform teams to scale workloads and resolve critical incidents.
Location: Boston
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and operate the database and caching fleet (RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, ElastiCache Redis/Valkey, DynamoDB), making decisions on replication, failover, capacity, and engine strategy.
  • •Build multi-tenant data isolation into the data layer and ship SDKs in Go, Java, and Python to enforce tenant-safe access patterns.
  • •Own production database upgrades at fleet scale, coordinating engine version bumps and Terraform state mutations across hundreds of clusters with zero customer-facing impact.
  • •Build and scale Kafka/MSK streaming infrastructure, including topic architecture, consumer patterns, and blue/green deployment strategies.
  • •Develop deep observability for the data layer, including SLI dashboards, tenant-dimensioned telemetry, and real-time performance insights.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 176,000 - 196,100
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kLife InsuranceDisability InsurancePaid LeavePaid HolidaysSick TimeParental LeavePet InsuranceFsasCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years building and operating distributed systems with depth in at least one major managed database (PostgreSQL or similar) at production scale in AWS.
  • •Experience building shared tooling such as SDKs, client libraries, or platform APIs to make infrastructure accessible and safe for engineers.
  • •Ability to reason about trade-offs in isolation and enforcement, articulating when boundaries should be application-enforced versus infrastructure-enforced.
  • •Comfort writing Go (or ramping quickly) and working with Terraform, Kubernetes, and IAM-heavy AWS environments.
  • •Led cross-team operational programs including change management, migration coordination, and rollback planning.
Experience:5+ yearsDistributed systemsMulti-tenantAWSReal estate
Skills:Trade-off analysisCross-team collaborationIncident resolution
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PostgreSQLAWSRDSAurora PostgreSQLElastiCacheRedisValkeyDynamoDBGoJavaPythonTerraformKubernetesIAMKafkaAmazon MSKSLI

Company Brief

Compass
A technology-driven real estate brokerage that combines a consumer-facing platform with agent tools and marketplace services to help clients buy, sell, and rent residential properties across the United States.
Industry: PropTech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2012
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