SeniorEngineeringManager

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. As the Senior Engineering Manager for the AI Platform Team, you will lead the AI Engineering Hub of our newly established Staff AI Enablement Organization. In this highly visible role, you will bridge the gap between complex infrastructure and real-world business impact. Your mandate is two-fold: overseeing the Tier 1 Platform Foundation (building reusable, secure AI primitives like agent inference, prompt tuning, and orchestration) and coordinating the Tier 2 Staff Enablement efforts (partnering directly with departments like Finance, Legal, and Transaction Management to deploy deep, domain-specific workflow automations). You will manage a lean, high-caliber, hybrid team of full-time Compass software engineers—ranging from Junior to Staff-level —alongside a flexible pool of strategic contractors. By treating the platform as a product, you will build a secure, unified "AI Platform Flywheel" that protects proprietary company data while systematically cutting operational overhead to capture millions in business efficiency. Responsibilities: Lead and Develop Talent: Directly manage, mentor, and grow a hybrid team of full-time engineers and contractors. Cultivate a high-performing culture through individualized coaching, clear performance standards, and proactive career pathing. Drive AI Platform Strategy: Formulate and execute the roadmap for foundational AI platform primitives (agent orchestration, LLM gateway, telemetry, secure caching, etc.) in close collaboration with senior leadership and Principal Engineers. Accelerate Business Enablement: Deeply partner with corporate departments (Finance, Legal, Ops, etc.) to identify automation opportunities, translating operational processes into structured