About this role
Job title: Sr Software Engineer - AI DevEx
About the Role The Engineering Platform organization owns the systems that every engineer at Compass depends 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. As a Senior Engineer within the Developer Intelligence pillar, you will be an autonomous contributor focused on key components of our platform - working across observability, engineering telemetry, software catalog systems, and AI-assisted workflows to deliver durable, high-quality team capabilities.
What You'll Do
- Deliver and implement technical solutions for Developer Intelligence systems, focusing on engineering telemetry collection, observability instrumentation, and AI-assisted tooling.
- Analyze developer workflows and SDLC feedback loops to design testable, maintainable, and efficient software components that resolve architectural deficiencies.
- Build and maintain subsystems that reliably collect, correlate, and operationalize data from CI/CD pipelines, source control, testing infrastructure, and developer workflows.
- Write high-quality, stable, and performant code to integrate AI tools into daily engineering workflows, including automated code reviews, software validation, and incident triaging.
- Work closely with teammates and stakeholders to balance technical requirements, clear project roadblocks, and participate actively in design reviews.
- Identify and resolve systemic operational bottlenecks, automate processes, and continuously leave codebases cleaner and easier to maintain.
- Actively mentor peers, provide insightful code reviews, and help train newer team members on platform architecture.
What We're Looking For
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of delivering complex technical components autonomously.
- Proficiency in Go and professional experience with Python (highly preferred for telemetry pipelines and AI workflows).
- Practical experience working with data pipelines, engineering telemetry streams, large-scale observability infrastructures (logs, metrics, traces), or developer metrics frameworks.
- Experience embedding AI models, LLM APIs, or automated orchestration tools into software pipelines or system triaging workflows.
- Experience developing, deploying, and operating software components on a major cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with core SDLC infrastructure including exposure to build systems, local development environments, or automated testing frameworks.
- A strong track record of building internal tools for other engineers, with an active focus on resolving developer pain points.
- Experience automating and simplifying internal development practices to boost team-wide engineering productivity.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: base pay range 149000-166100 USD per year.
- 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 include paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, recharge leave; medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits; 401(k); FSAs; commuter program; life and disability insurance; Maven; Carrot; UrbanSitter; EAP; and pet insurance.
- This position is onsite in Seattle, Washington.