Senior Software Engineer (all teams)

Compa

$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software delivery on a team
  • Expertise in a modern web language or framework and fluency across the stack
  • Proven experience owning complex features from design to production
  • Track record of leading technical decisions effectively
  • Ability to navigate projects autonomously in uncertain environments
  • Mentorship experience and focus on code quality during reviews

Responsibilities

  • Own production software for Compa’s web app and backend systems
  • Integrate ML and AI into data workflows, including agent harness development
  • Collaborate closely with Product and Design to build and enhance features
  • Make architecture decisions and produce clean, scalable code
  • Lead code reviews and shape technical direction
  • Address real problems for enterprise teams, focusing on data and user experience

Benefits

  • Ownership of products and significant impact on customer experience
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams including Product and Design
  • Focus on innovative technologies like AI and ML
  • Opportunity to influence company roadmap and technical direction
  • Engagement in an entrepreneurial environment, potentially at a high-growth startup
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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