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Engineering @ Compass Education

Building a school management platform.

Engineering team at Compass Education.
Founded
2009
Work Style
Hybrid
Office Location
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Industry
Education
Employees
228
Engineers
72
Funding
Private Equity
Glassdoor
Rating
3.5
Engineering Avg.
Equity
No
Ownership
Private

A comprehensive school management platform

Compass' two co-founders John and Lucas met over a team lunch and bonded over their love for education technology. They founded Compass in 2009. Fast forward a decade - it’s no longer just John and Lucas eating sandwiches at the lunch table.

The school management platform is now used in more than 2,000 schools across Australia and beyond. The team includes over 220 members based in Australia, the UK, and Ireland.

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Lisa Wilson

School Principal
River Nile School
Introducing Compass has been overwhelmingly positive in helping us streamline our student record keeping, taking us to that next level as a school.
Lots of learning opportunities. Everyone in management is super helpful and encouraging. They believe in growing together as a whole team.

Senior Developer @ Compass
Glassdoor Reviewer

Built for everyone involved in delivering education

Compass has many different kinds of users, including school leaders, business managers, administrators, IT managers, teachers, parents and carers. It even has functionality to help schools run their canteen.

Making big changes at schools can be challenging, so the company also provides support with switching over and training the school's staff.

The platform has been approved by the Department of Education in NSW, VIC, QLD, and WA, and its data is hosted onshore in Australia in line with government regulations.

Engineering culture

Compass is an agile company and engineers work across 13 teams focused on different core moduels and features. The Engineering team includes a Mobile team which looks after the company's iOS and Android apps. The team is in the process of migrating the platform to React Native.

The team values clean code and practices pair programming. System components are tested with unit, integration and performance tests.

Tech Stack Overview
React/React Native
JS/TS/Node.js
GraphQL
Java/Spring
.NET
Kubernetes
AWS

Team traits

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Learn as you go

Engineers are not expected to know the entire stack upon starting and are given room to learn.

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Collaboration & independence

Engineers are expected to have strong communications skills while also being able to independently work through problems.

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Be the school

Engineers learn as much as possible about the company's customers and the way schools work.

Benefits

Flexible work culture
Flexible work culture

Flexible hours and a hybrid work environment.

Professional development
Professional development

A budget for learning and professional development.

Generous parental leave
Generous parental leave

A generous parental leave program for primary and secondary carers.

24/7 Employee Assistance
24/7 Employee Assistance

Round the clock access to an EAP including face-to-face, live chat and phone support

Team social events
Team social events

Monthly team social events and weekly free lunches in Melbourne.

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Engineering at Compass Education

Build software to help schools run better.

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