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Job Description

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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.

Our CoStar for Lenders product development team is looking for an experienced director to lead a group of talented, problem-solving engineers in the delivery of a new and quickly growing platform that integrates global commercial real estate data, risk modeling, underwriting, and other data, all on a modern tech stack (React, AWS, etc.).

As the Director of Engineering, you will collaborate with the technical managers that report to you, other technical leadership, our Product organization, and other stakeholders to plan, build and ship features that will make CoStar for Lenders a successful, market-leading product. You will also ensure that we have a strong, dynamic team that’s delivering well-architected, performant, scalable software solutions using clear, predictable agile processes.

This position is located in San Diego, CA and offers the hybrid schedule 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering team responsible for building our CoStar for Lenders product
• Mentor and manage 3-5 technical managers with an overall team of 20 and growing
• Oversee the architecture, development, and operation of a high-availability, cloud-based web application and data platform
• Oversee technical processes from design through development, testing, and deployment to ensure that our software development lifecycle is reliable and efficient
• Retain and grow a team of talented, driven, and collaborative engineers that create and ship great products
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the company including Product, DevOps, DBAs, Security, HR, Legal, etc.
• Become an expert on our CoStar products, including Lender and Analytics products
• Communicate regularly with our VP of Engineering and Lender Product leadership on overall progress, risk, and future plans
• Manage Costar for Lender’s SOC 2 controls and processes in collaboration with our Security team and others
• Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends and best practices that can be used to strengthen CoStar’s technology platform and development practices
• Partner with other engineering leaders to establish a strong engineering culture with a focus on quality and reliability

Basic Qualifications

• 12+ years of technical industry experience
• 8+ years of experience managing software engineering teams (15+ people, managing managers)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or adjacent field required
• Experience architecting, building, and operating well architected, high-availability, cloud-based software systems, including full stack product platforms (UIs, APIs, Data, etc.)
• Hands-on development experience with front end development technologies (we use JavaScript/TypeScript, React, etc.) and/or API / platform development (we use C#, Python, etc.). Active hands-on development skills are not needed, but knowledge is essential.
• Project leadership on a large, multi-team, multi-discipline software product
• Experience managing and coaching managers and senior engineers
• Strong sense of ownership and a track record of shipping and getting things done
• Attention to detail and an ability to deeply learn complex topics and problems
• Excellent team building, negotiation and consensus building abilities

Preferred Qualifications And Skills

Candidates ideally have experience in one or more of these areas as well:

• AWS platforms and tools including Lambda, DynamoDB, and AuroraDB
• Relational databases such as SQL Server
• Version control using Git or TFS
• Managing complex software projects in TFS or JIRA following Agile methodology
• High proficiency in testing methodology, test documentation procedures and QA Best Practices
• Experience setting up and managing the controls and processes around SOC 2 compliance
• Ownership of a team testing strategy, including functional, automation, and load testing

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.

This position offers a base salary range of $223,300 - $312,800, based on relevant skills and experience and includes a generous benefits plan.

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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