Hybrid AI-Driven Software Engineering Team Lead

CoStar Group; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Stock purchase plan

Paid time off

On-site fitness center

Job summary

CoStar Group is seeking a Team Lead, Software Engineering in Richmond, VA to guide multiple software teams, drive AI-powered development, and ensure architecture ownership. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership and collaboration with product leaders to deliver on strategic objectives.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of web and API-driven system experience, strong OOP skills, and a track record of building scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• 5+ years’ experience in web development and database technologies
• 3+ years’ experience building large distributed, API-driven systems
• Strong understanding of OOP and software design patterns
• Experience using TypeScript, C#, SQL Server, AWS technologies, or similar tools
• Experience leading a technical team, working through complex requirements and offering relevant, timely technical solutions
• Understanding AI technologies and hands on experience in AI adoption and development
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; must communicate effectively with direct reports, peers, and senior management
• Ability to motivate and build high performance software development teams
• Familiarity with modern AI platforms, large language models, agent orchestration frameworks, or AI-assisted development tools
• Understanding of observability, monitoring, telemetry analysis, and automated incident detection platforms

Responsibilities

• Architecture ownership and team leadership.
• Lead software teams building apps and platforms with OO languages.
• Mentor team members as a player-coach.
• Promote engineering excellence and collaborative culture.
• Drive AI-assisted software development and observability improvements.
• Leverage AI-powered monitoring, anomaly detection, and observability for resiliency.
• Partner with product teams to identify AI-enabled processes to improve efficiency.
• Design and govern AI-powered solutions including skills, agents, tools, and workflows.
• Promote responsible AI with security, privacy, governance and quality standards.
• Coordinate projects across teams and departments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to strengthen CoStar’s platform.

Skills

Team leadership

OOP concepts

TypeScript

C#

SQL Server

AWS

AI concepts

Observability

LLMs

React

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenSearch

Bedrock/Azure

SQS

Kafka

Redis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenSearch

React

AWS S3

Lambda

Kafka

Redis

Job description

CoStar Group is seeking a Team Lead, Software Engineering in Richmond, VA to guide multiple software teams, drive AI-powered development, and ensure architecture ownership. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership and collaboration with product leaders to deliver on strategic objectives.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of web and API-driven system experience, strong OOP skills, and a track record of building scalable platforms.