Connected school management platform for students, staff and parents
Compass Education builds a school management platform on a TypeScript, Node.js and Angular stack running on AWS Lambda and Fargate, with PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Terraform underneath. Accelerating hiring tilts toward support, customer success and security rather than core engineering, pointing to a business focused on implementation depth, account expansion and compliance work such as ISO 27001 and PCI DSS. Cursor adoption signals AI-assisted development entering the workflow.
Compass Education is a privately held software company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Hawthorn, Victoria. Its core product, Compass, is a connected school management platform serving students, staff, parents and alumni. The company sells to schools and educators and runs offices across several Australian states as well as London and Dublin. It employs between 201 and 500 people, with current hiring concentrated in Australia.
Compass Education uses TypeScript, Node.js, Angular, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, GraphQL and Spring Boot on AWS (Lambda, Fargate), with Terraform, Buildkite, GitLab CI/CD, Jest, Playwright and Cypress for delivery and testing.
Yes, hiring is accelerating, mainly in Australia, across support, customer success, engineering, product, sales, security and HR, with a mix from junior through principal and director levels.
Compass Education is headquartered in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, with additional offices in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, London and Dublin.
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