Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS
Compass
Seattle, WA · Posted October 15, 2026
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November 2026
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About the job
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.
We are looking for an iOS engineer to help Compass build a mobile platform that makes the home buying or selling experience delightful. You will work with other engineers and your Product and Design counterparts to contribute to team design, scoping, and prioritization discussions for well-defined features. You will independently build components and deliver features with some guidance, ensuring our implementation meets software engineering best practices.
Outside of product-driven projects, you will work with other engineers to determine how to push our platform forward, devising engineering-led initiatives that ensure we can work quickly and efficiently while maintaining a high standard of operational excellence.
What you will do:
Work in a startup-like environment building agile products and services
Collaborate closely with engineers on your team, engineers on other teams, as well as your product and design counterparts to successfully launch projects which solve real-world customer problems
Work independently and deliver features with some guidance while understanding technical trade offs, weighing different approaches, and arriving to a recommended solution
Perform code reviews, participate in team design reviews, and write high quality tests
Apply testable, maintainable, and stable approaches to your work
Hold yourself to a high standard of code quality and operational rigor
Develop expertise in one or more components within your team's domain
Create clear and concise documentation (diagrams, service descriptions, decisions, runbooks)
What we look for:
BS in CS or equivalent practical experience
2+ years of professional iOS development experience using Swift and shipping apps to the App Store, including familiarity with modern Swift development practices, such as SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency. Exposure to reactive programming frameworks is a plus.
Ability to collaborate with Product, Design and Engineering stakeholders to implement solutions which surprise and delight our customers
Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals and iOS design patterns and best practices
A keen eye for design and attention to detail. The products you build should not merely be functional but should also be well-crafted and user-friendly
Experience integrating with RESTful backend services
Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Compensation:
The base pay range for this position is $126,000 - $141,000; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 that You Need to Know About:
Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave; medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits; 401(k) plan; flexible spending accounts (FSAs); commuter program; life and disability insurance; Maven (a support system for new parents); Carrot (fertility benefits); UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network); Employee Assistance Program; and pet insurance.
Do your best work, be your authentic self.
At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world — a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in our Compass Entrepreneurship Principles and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.
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