Senior Software Engineer (all teams)

Compa

$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in shipping production software
  • Deep proficiency in a modern web programming language or framework
  • Successful ownership of complex systems from design to production
  • Experience in leading technical decision-making
  • Ability to drive projects through ambiguity from scoping to delivery
  • Skill in raising code quality through reviews and mentorship

Responsibilities

  • Own production software for Compa's web app and backend systems
  • Integrate key machine learning and AI features into data workflows
  • Collaborate with Product and Design to build new features
  • Lead architecture decisions and maintain scalable code standards
  • Conduct code reviews and influence technical direction
  • Address complex problems for enterprise teams, enhancing data pipelines and user experience

Benefits

  • Ownership of significant projects that impact customers directly
  • Collaborative environment working with Product and Design teams
  • Exposure to the latest in AI and ML integrations
  • Opportunity to influence technical decisions and product direction
  • Work in a dynamic startup atmosphere with a focus on growth and innovation
Full Job Description
The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll have real ownership over the software and systems behind Compa's core products. You'll work across the stack, partner closely with Product and Design, and ship features that directly impact our customers.

In this role, you will:
  • Own production software across Compa's web app and backend systems, from design to delivery
  • Own key ML and AI integrations into our data workflows, including building our own agent harness
  • Build new features and improve existing workflows alongside Product and Design
  • Lead architecture decisions and write clean, scalable code
  • Drive code review and influence roadmap and technical direction
  • Solve real problems for enterprise comp teams, from data pipelines to user experience

Minimum Qualifications
  • 5+ years of professional experience shipping production software on a team
  • Deep proficiency in at least one modern web language or framework, and fluency across the stack
  • Successful end to end ownership of complex features or systems (design to production)
  • Experience leading technical decisions (trade-off justification)
  • Experience driving projects autonomously through ambiguity (scoping to delivery)
  • Experience raising the bar through code review and mentoring

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience at early-stage or high-growth startups
  • Familiarity with compensation, HR tech, or enterprise SaaS
  • Experience with data-driven products or complex user workflows
  • Interest or experience in AI systems or ML infrastructure
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and fast, iterative work

Tech Stack

You don't need experience with all of these, but familiarity with any is a plus:
  • Backend: Django, Python
  • Frontend: React, TypeScript, GraphQL
  • Infrastructure: AWS
  • Other Tools: vLLM, Linear, Slack, Notion, Metabase

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