At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we're revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.

About the role

The Foundational Infrastructure team provides cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and tools that empower Compass teams to build and deploy products securely, efficiently, and with minimal operational overhead.

As a Cloud Engineer II, you will influence key technology decisions that impact the wider engineering organization. You are a pragmatic technologist who designs and delivers scalable, resilient systems while fostering collaboration and technical excellence. Beyond execution, you serve as a mentor, guiding a talented team of engineers while driving impactful, high-complexity projects. You lead by example-innovating, teaching, and shaping the future of Compass Engineering.

Responsibilities:

Guide technical strategy and mentor engineers on high-impact projects.
Design, develop, and optimize scalable infrastructure solutions.
Maintain and improve platform reliability, scalability, and security.
Manage and monitor Kubernetes clusters, storage, and networking components.
Provide support for infrastructure-related incidents and internal customer needs.
Partner with customer teams to proactively identify infrastructure needs
Document and refine infrastructure design and operational practices.

Basic Qualifications

BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
2+ years of software development experience with proficiency in Go, Java,
Experience building and operating large-scale cloud services in AWS or other public clouds.
Strong understanding of cloud-native applications and microservice architecture.
Proven ability to influence technical decision-making and execution.

Preferred Qualifications

At least 1+ years experience with one or more of the following:

Cloud networking (DNS, BGP, TGW, VPC Peering, ALB, VPN)
Kubernetes and service mesh solutions (Istio, Envoy).
Edge/CDN networking solutions (Cloudflare, CloudFront, Fastly).
Terraform

Compensation:

The base pay range for this position is $94,000-$142,000 annually; 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 location. Minimum wage for the position will always be met.

Perks that You Need to Know About:

Participation in our incentive programs (which may include where eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, marriage leave, and recharge leave; medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits; 401(k) plan; flexible spending accounts (FSAs); commuter program; life and disability insurance; Maven (a support system for new parents); Carrot (fertility benefits); UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network); Employee Assistance Program; and pet insurance.

Do your best work, be your authentic self.

At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world - a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in our Compass Entrepreneurship Principles and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.

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