CoStar

Software Engineering Manager (Platform Engineering Team Supporting Homes.com)

Job Description

Overview

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. 

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate. 

As a CoStar Technical Manager on the Platform Development team you will play a key role in expanding the data platform that supports all of CoStar Group’s largest brands including, Homes.com, CoStar Suite, LoopNet and Apartments.com. You will deeply understand what drives the business for which you are building software. We firmly believe that what separates a good developer from a great one is a deep understanding of the business that they are supporting.

This position is located in Washington, D.C. and offers a hybrid schedule of 3 days onsite, 2 days remote.

Responsibilities

• Lead an Agile software development team (approximately 5-7 people); Lead Scrum ceremonies; Deliver done-done features to customers at high velocity.
• Act as a player-coach, who can mentor & coach team members into highly productive team players.
• Promote can-do attitude, engineering mindset and collaboration as fundamental team values.
• Influence web application architecture and CI/CD pipeline improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement by focusing on engineering excellence 
• Translate business requirements into technical requirements, develop project plan and work schedules for use by scrum development team 
• Successfully implement software development projects to specification and within scheduled timelines and budget parameters
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other Agile teams to deliver large initiatives; Develop roadmap
• Work with recruiting to identify, hire and onboard top industry talent
• Develop and maintain an in-depth working knowledge of the CRE Industry and CoStar’s business model / technology
• Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends and best practices that can be used to strengthen CoStar’s technology platform and development practices 
• Adopt an owner-operator mindset and demonstrate full ownership of the product and technical platforms.
• Act as "Voice of the Customer" when participating in product readiness reviews 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit university or college. 
• A track record of commitment to prior employers 
• 7+ years of relevant development experience
• 3+ years’ experience in modern web and database technologies
• 3+ years’ experience building large distributed, API-driven systems
• 3+ years of experience leading Agile Team(s)
• Demonstrated expert knowledge of Object Oriented Programming and design patterns
• Solid experience with the following technologies; C#, .NET Core, and SQL Server
• Experience leading technical teams, working through complex requirements and offering relevant, timely technical solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; Must be able to communicate at a level appropriate to the audience (direct reports, peers and senior management)
• Excellent team building, negotiation and consensus building abilities
• Ability to motivate and build high performance software development teams

Preferred Qualifications And Skills

• Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React and Vue is desired.
• Experience with the AWS platform
• Experience with non-relational databases such as DynamoDB, MongoDB or ElasticSearch
• Experience with relational databases (preferably SQL Server)
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration
• Commercial Real Estate (CRE) knowledge is a bonus 

What’s in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
• Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing