Senior Manager, Identity and Collaboration Services

Engineering
New York City

Senior Manager, Identity and Collaboration Services

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:

As a Senior Engineering Manager in the Identity organization, you will lead a team whose focus is the creation and extensibility of features on the Collaboration system.  Collaboration is key to how the Compass supports the agent and buyer experience; it is a key differentiator for why the platform is successful.  The collaboration system for Compass is unique across the industry and requires a leader who is customer-focused but also an operator; someone who knows how to work across organizations to build the right solutions while also being able to operate software that is reliable and available 24/7.

This role includes building relationships across Compass to build a strategic roadmap and plan, work with engineering teams to deliver on commitments and develop/grow engineers for the next generation of services.

Collaboration is core to the Compass platform and is a market differentiator; its importance is critical to the success of our agents.  If this is the type of challenge you are looking for then let us know!

Responsibilities:

  • Lead, mentor, and grow an organization of talented managers and engineers. 
  • Participate in setting the organization’s goals, develop its roadmap with the organization, and represent Collaboration and Identity by interacting with senior leaders across the company.
  • 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.
  • Collaborate with other engineering leaders to champion and evangelize a technical vision for engineering at Compass. 
  • Be a connector across engineering teams to drive sound technical and architecture decisions that help effectively scale our products, considering short and long-term risks.

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of experience in software development and at least 7+ years of which are management experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • A highly technical, hands-on developer and an effective people manager with experience directly leading teams and other managers.
  • Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining web applications, distributed backend systems or data platforms.
  • 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.

The base pay range for this position is $167,400-$251,000 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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