Manager, Software Engineering

CoStar Group, Inc.; Richmond (VA); Híbrido; USD 182.000 - 235.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401(K) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Health, Vision, Dental

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Descripción de la vacante

CoStar Group, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering in Richmond, VA. This role leads cross-functional engineering teams, guiding architecture, code reviews, and delivery across AI-enabled platforms and cloud-native services.

You will collaborate with product leaders to align strategy, oversee quality and observability, and champion responsible AI practices in a fast-paced, product-driven environment. Hybrid work model with in-office Mon-Thu and remote on Fridays.

Formación

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including full-stack development.
• 2+ years of engineering leadership experience managing software teams.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical leadership, architectural direction, and delivery ownership for a portfolio of software products.
• Lead and mentor high-performing teams building scalable applications using TS, React, .NET, SQL Server, AWS, and AI tech.
• Drive execution across multiple projects and partner with Product and business stakeholders.

Conocimientos

TypeScript

C#

React

SQL Server

AWS

AI technologies

Software architecture

Observability

LLMs

Leadership

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Information Systems

Advanced degree (MS/PhD) preferred

Herramientas

Elasticsearch

Descripción del empleo

Manager, Software Engineering

Job Description

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, 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. As a Technical Manager in Software Engineering, you will be responsible for providing project definition and implementation through hands-on management of software development teams leveraging Agile Scrum development and project management best practices defined by the company. You will undertake the execution of software development projects to achieve the company’s strategic objectives and must work closely with Product Leaders & other managers. CoStar is investing heavily in artificial intelligence to accelerate software delivery, improve platform observability, automate research and business workflows, enhance product experiences through intelligent agents and skills, and improve data quality across enterprise systems. Successful candidates will demonstrate a willingness to learn, adopt, and apply AI technologies responsibly to solve complex business and engineering challenges. This position is located in Richmond, VA and offers a schedule of Monday to Thursday in office and the option to work from home on Friday.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, architectural direction, and delivery ownership for a portfolio of software products and platforms.
• Lead and mentor high-performing teams of software engineers building scalable applications and services using TypeScript, React, Node.js, .NET, SQL Server, AWS, and AI technologies.
• Serve as a player-coach by guiding technical design, reviewing code, removing delivery obstacles, and contributing to key engineering initiatives.
• Drive execution across multiple projects, coordinating priorities, dependencies, and resources within engineering and across business functions.
• Champion AI-assisted software development practices that improve developer productivity, code quality, platform reliability, and engineering efficiency.
• Leverage AI-powered observability, monitoring, anomaly detection, replayability, and automation capabilities to improve system resiliency, incident response, and customer experience.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders to 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 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.
• Represent the voice of the customer during product planning, design reviews, and release readiness processes to ensure solutions meet customer expectations.

Basic 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.
• Track record of commitment to prior employers.
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including full-stack application development.
• 2+ years of engineering leadership experience managing software development teams.
• Proven experience delivering and scaling successful software products throughout the software development lifecycle.
• 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, replayability, 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.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, develop, and inspire high-performing engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams through the full software development lifecycle, from strategy and architecture through deployment and ongoing operations.
• Experience building modern web applications using React and related JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks.
• Experience developing, deploying, or managing AI-powered applications, copilots, agents, intelligent search experiences, or workflow automation platforms.
• Experience leveraging AI technologies to improve engineering productivity, software quality, operational monitoring, research workflows, or data stewardship initiatives.
• Experience implementing AI-enabled data quality solutions, including enrichment, deduplication, classification, entity resolution, anomaly detection, and governance.
• Experience operating large-scale cloud-native applications in AWS environments.
• Experience with modern observability platforms and site reliability engineering (SRE) practices.
• Experience leading teams in highly agile, fast-paced, product-driven environments.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

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 and tuition reimbursement.

Benefits

• 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 Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
• The final salary or hourly rate offered for this role will fall within the range set forth below based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.
• Base Compensation: $182,000 - $235,000 Annually

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.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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, 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 37 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable products and services. We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry and for our customers. 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. CoStar Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. CoStar Group is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access www.costargroup.com/careers as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to [e-mail].