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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - Search and Listings - **Company:** Compass Inc - **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, Cloud Computing, Communications Protocols, Continuous Integration, Fault Tolerance, Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Data Ingestion, Code Structure, Technical Debt, Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Grpc, Data Pipelines, Microservices - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0ef775e32d85d9e7 ## About the Role * Education: BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience * Experience: 10+ years of experience developing comprehensive, well-tested, and high-performance software applications in languages such as Java or Go and technology such as gRPC, Thrift, and other server-to-server communication protocols , Kafka and event-driven systems. * 5+ years using AWS / cloud technologies. * A track record as a technical leader with cross-team impact. * Understanding and adherence to industry-standard best practices in software development and architecture while keeping abreast of evolving technologies in AI * Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies * Strong critical thinking skills, great communication skills * Excellent verbal and written English communication skills ## Description As a Staff Software Engineer in the Search & Listings (SNL) organization, you will use your experience with microservices based architecture to build products that deliver high business impact for our customers. You will lead the design and development of search infrastructure, listing pipelines, enrichment services, and feed integrations to support an industry leading consumer experience while also supporting the growth of the world's most scalable brokerage. You will lead a team to build products that drive discovery and inventory management, such as agent/consumer search, geospatial services, or property data mastering, leveraging data platforms and real-time syndication to power a world-class real estate discovery experience. You are an engineer who is passionate about creating well-defined APIs that are easy to use. You feel it is critical that your voice is heard in product and business decisions. You love to learn, and equally love to share your knowledge with others. You are a great communicator and you take care to understand before making yourself understood. Your design systems are fault tolerant, scalable, highly available, well-tested, eventually consistent, and follow best practices such as the single responsibility principle. Your code is designed for modularity and re-use. You take pride in delivering solid code that is well-tested, peer-reviewed, and follows best practices. You have strong opinions on code structure, style, and development processes. At Compass, You Will: * Provide strategic direction and ownership of platform architecture, data ingestion and normalization, to deliver an industry leading search experience at scale. * Independently define and lead the delivery of complex technical projects across the entire stack. * Champion a culture of operational excellence by defining reliability KPIs, establishing accountability for service health, and leading architectural improvements that proactively reduce technical debt, manual toil, and infrastructure costs. * Adopt and operationalize modern and emerging software patterns, including integrating AI, data pipelines, and telemetry systems to automate workflows * Operate in a scalable engineering culture that leverages modern principles of AI assisted workflows, decoupled systems, and automated CI/CD/testing/monitoring to drive efficiencies * Inspire, recruit, and mentor fellow engineers. * Join a great team with a lot of visibility and some challenging projects on the horizon ## Related Videos - [Microservices: how to get started with Spring Boot and Kubernetes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/242-microservices-how-to-get-started-with-spring-boot-and-kubernetes) - [Exploring the Power of gRPC-Gateway for Writing RESTful Services](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2072-exploring-the-power-of-grpc-gateway-for-writing-restful-services) - [How to Benchmark Your Apache Kafka](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/76-how-to-benchmark-your-apache-kafka) - [Personal Branding & Job Search - The Most Practical Approach You'll Ever Find](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/576-personal-branding-job-search-the-most-practical-approach-you-ll-ever-find) - [Boosting OpenSearch Performance: gRPC Search in Action](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1964-boosting-opensearch-performance-grpc-search-in-action) - [Exploiting the recruitment game as a developer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/750-exploiting-the-recruitment-game-as-a-developer) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [How Much FAANG Companies Actually Pay Software Engineers in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/230-how-much-faang-companies-actually-pay-software-engineers-in-2025)