Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Job Description

CoStar delivers real-time, verified commercial real estate data that helps clients confidently spot great opportunities and make smart choices ahead of competitors. By combining the power of CoStar’s independent research organization – the industry’s largest – with global data delivery, software, and application solutions, clients can act on opportunities with confidence.

Our 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 working to create the future of Real Estate Analytics.

We are looking for a Senior Technical Manager to join our group and drive the full-lifecycle development of these critical products.  This includes the architecture, development, and ownership of our web-based data analytics applications. This role will collaborate closely with other technical leadership, product owners and other developers, while also giving you independence and ownership of your work.  As a senior member of the group, you will drive the technical strategy and architecture of our platform.

This position is located in San Diego, CA and offers the work schedule option of 3 days on-site and 2 days remote.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead multiple Agile software development teams (approximately 4-6 people per team) to deliver scalable high performance technical solutions.
• Act as a player-coach, who can mentor and coach team members into highly productive team players.
• Promote can-do attitude, engineering mindset, and collaboration as fundamental team values.
• Influence application architecture and CI/CD pipeline improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement by focusing on engineering excellence.
• Translate business requirements into technical requirements, develop project plans, and work schedules for use by development teams.
• 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.
• 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.
• Be hands on and be able to 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.
• 14+ years of professional software development experience.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers.
• 8+ years’ experience building large distributed, API-driven systems.
• 6+ years of experience leading agile teams.
• Significant full-stack experience, with deep expertise in back-end technologies (C#, .NET Core 6.x¸ .NET Framework, Web API, Node, etc.).  
• Experience with Kafka, DynamoDB, SQS, Lambda, S3, and Redis.
• Experience leading multi-tiered (managers of managers) 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 

• Real world experience designing and implementing complex application architectures on Amazon Web Services.
• Experience in both designing and securing solutions in a complex and regulated enterprise environment.
• 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

This position offers a base salary range of 206,000 – 287,000 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