Engineering Manager

$143,000 - $216,000/Yr

Compass, Inc. - Boston, MA

Full-time - Manager

Boston, MA

Real Estate

About the position

As an Engineering Manager at Compass, you will lead a team within the Transaction Journey organization to develop a collaborative transaction management platform that enhances the process of buying and selling homes. This role involves defining the technical vision, managing a talented team of developers, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions that align with business goals. You will work cross-functionally with various teams to drive innovation and improve operational efficiency, while fostering a culture of collaboration and trust within your team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that your team's software adheres to transaction and user data privacy compliance regulations.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Provide guidance and support in career development, skill enhancement, and performance management for team members.
• Oversee the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Collaborate with the technical team and product management to drive innovation, maintain code quality, and ensure adherence to software development best practices.
• Work closely with senior leadership and other stakeholders to define, execute, and report on the software development strategy in alignment with the company's overall goals.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance team efficiency and project delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Software Development.
• 3+ years of experience in hiring, managing and developing software engineering teams of 5-10 engineers.
• A highly technical, hands-on developer and an effective people manager with experience directly leading teams.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining web applications, distributed backend systems or data platforms.
• Experience with technologies such as Python, Typescript, Java, Golang, AWS, Kafka, React.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team.
• Proven track record of using agile principles with multiple teams and products to meet project goals and deliver high quality products.
• Excellent communication skills, utilized to collaborate both within Engineering and across all functions of the company to drive engineering initiatives.
• Excellent mentoring and review skills to help engineers make technical and career progress.
• Exceptional focus on customers by building products that are stable and reliable.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• Sick time
• Parental leave
• Marriage leave
• Recharge leave
• Medical benefits
• Tele-health benefits
• Vision benefits
• Life and disability insurance
• Maven (support system for new parents)
• Carrot (fertility benefits)
• UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet insurance