The Analytics team is responsible for the development of CoStar’s customer-facing Real Estate Analytics products. We think big, creating innovative data-intensive applications that take the vast amount of data collected by our CoStar Research teams to create a fast, reliable and intuitive analytics platform for our customers. We are a collaborative group with a mix of big data, API/platform and front-end skills, and we are growing rapidly to help invent the future of Real Estate Analytics.
We are searching for an exceptional Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our team and develop testing solutions within our agile product teams. This role is critical to the quality and success of our products and includes the design, development, and execution of tests for products we are developing, as well as the continued improvement of our testing process and architecture. This role will collaborate closely with technical leadership and developers to ensure we have the tests and processes necessary to release stable, high-quality products. As a senior member of the group, you will have the opportunity to drive the technical strategy and architecture of our platform.
This position is located in San Diego (UTC Area) and offers a schedule option of 3 days onsite, 2 days remote.
Responsibilities
Designing, developing, executing, and maintaining tests based on product requirements and specifications
Investigating, logging, and escalating as appropriate the defects identified during testing
Working with the development team to analyze project requirements with the goal of increasing test coverage
Collaborating with other Software Quality Assurance Engineer on the continual improvement of our testing methods and strategies
Acting as an advocate for testing, training and support other team members as appropriate
Coordinating testing for releases and participating as necessary
Gaining a deep understanding of the CoStar business, including the Analytic products
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit university or college
A track record of commitment to prior employers
5+ years of industry experience as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Understanding of quality assurance testing methodologies and the software development life cycle
Must be detail-oriented and possess strong organizational, written, and verbal skills
Experience testing mission-critical relational database applications and web-based enterprise systems
Experience reporting, regressing, and reproducing software problems
Fluent in SQL and relational databases, including experience testing relational database-backed applications
History of partnering and collaborating with software development teams
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with QA automated testing frameworks
Functional and automated test development, code reviews, and site resiliency testing
Desire and ability to write and run automated tests in a continuous integration environment
Experience with testing Microservices and container technologies.
Experience testing software at API level
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 $96,000 - $175,000, based on relevant skills and experience and includes a generous benefits plan.
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