Lead AI Automation Engineer — Scale & Innovate

CoStar Group, Inc.; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) retirement plan with matching

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

On-site fitness center

Job summary

CoStar Group, Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive AI automation across its CRM ecosystem and enterprise applications (Homes.com, CoStar, Apartments.com, LoopNet).

You will lead architectural decisions, champion AI-assisted development, and shape scalable, observable systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role emphasizes AI-powered tooling, intelligent agents, and quality engineering in a large cloud-native environment, with a strong focus on responsible AI and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field from an accredited, not for profit, in-person university or college.
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including full-stack application development.
• Hands‑on experience with TypeScript, C#, .NET, React, SQL Server, Elasticsearch, AWS, and modern cloud‑native development practices.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, API design, and scalable application development.
• Experience evaluating, adopting, or developing AI-powered solutions and applications.
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), agent frameworks, AI orchestration tools, and AI-assisted development platforms.
• Understanding of observability, monitoring, telemetry analysis, automated incident detection, and operational intelligence platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively engage engineers, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, architectural direction, and delivery ownership for a portfolio of software products and platforms.
• Champion AI-assisted software development practices that improve developer productivity, code quality, platform reliability, and engineering efficiency.
• Leverage AI-powered observability, monitoring, anomaly detection, and automation capabilities to improve system resiliency, incident response, and customer experience.
• Identify and implement intelligent solutions that streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, and accelerate business outcomes.
• Lead the design, development, and governance of AI-powered solutions, including agents, tools, skills, copilots, and workflow automations that enhance internal operations and customer-facing products.
• Establish and enforce engineering and testing best practices related to software quality, security, scalability, observability, and operational excellence.
• Promote responsible AI adoption by ensuring solutions meet established security, privacy, compliance, governance, and quality standards.
• Apply modern quality management practices to deliver reliable, maintainable, and defect-resistant software solutions.

Skills

Full-stack application development

TypeScript

C#

.NET

React

SQL Server

Elasticsearch

AWS

Cloud-native development

API design

Distributed systems

Observability

AI-powered development

LLMs / AI orchestration

Security & compliance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field

Tools

Elasticsearch

Job description

CoStar Group, Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive AI automation across its CRM ecosystem and enterprise applications (Homes.com, CoStar, Apartments.com, LoopNet).

You will lead architectural decisions, champion AI-assisted development, and shape scalable, observable systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role emphasizes AI-powered tooling, intelligent agents, and quality engineering in a large cloud-native environment, with a strong focus on responsible AI and