Staff Software Engineer

About this role

• The Engineering Platform organization owns the systems that engineers at Compass depend on to build, test, deploy, and operate software
• Our mission is to reduce friction across the SDLC, improve engineering effectiveness, and build the foundation for AI-enabled software development
• This role is centered on maximizing engineering velocity and velocity at scale by architecting fast feedback loops, optimizing system efficiency, and building seamless, intuitive workflows that empower developers across the entire software development lifecycle
• As a Staff Engineer, you will work across observability, engineering telemetry, developer tooling, software catalog systems, organizational metadata, and AI-assisted workflows to turn these gaps into durable platform capabilities
• Applying AI across the software development lifecycle is a core responsibility of this role
• You will build systems that use engineering signals to improve feedback loops, automate operational decision-making, and reduce manual engineering work
• This includes capabilities such as intelligent testing frameworks, AI-assisted production troubleshooting, automated change analysis, workflow orchestration, and secure execution environments for AI-generated code integrated throughout the SDLC
• Define the technical direction for Developer Intelligence systems across the SDLC, including engineering telemetry, observability, and AI-assisted developer tooling
• Identify systemic engineering inefficiencies by analyzing developer workflows, operational signals, and SDLC feedback loops, then translate those findings into scalable platform capabilities
• Architect systems that collect, correlate, and operationalize data from CI/CD pipelines, source control, testing infrastructure, production systems, and developer workflows
• Build AI-assisted capabilities across the SDLC, including code generation, code review, software validation, production troubleshooting, and workflow automation
• Lead large cross-funct...