Senior Software Engineer (Location Services)

Cotality; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO and holidays

Parental leave

Health plans

401(k) with match

Well-being stipend

Job summary

Cotality is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with proven geospatial expertise to join the Location Services team. You will design, build, and maintain scalable, low-latency location-based services and APIs that power critical workflows across Cotality.

This hybrid role (1 day in office, 4 days remote) can be based from Dallas, Austin, Irvine, or San Diego, and involves mentorship and reliability engineering practices to ensure high performance and data quality across geospatial pipelines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Hands-on geospatial experience.
• Experience building location-based services, mapping platforms, or spatial data pipelines.
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems and RESTful/gRPC APIs.
• Proficiency in Java, C++, Python or Go; cloud-native deployments (GCP/AWS/Azure).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, low-latency geospatial backend services.
• Own end-to-end delivery of geospatial components and microservices.
• Collaborate with product managers and data infra teams to ensure quality.
• Implement observability, monitoring, and reliability practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best geospatial practices.

Skills

Geospatial expertise

Backend development

API design

Cloud-native apps

Backend languages

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GeoServer

GDAL

Kafka

GeoJSON

Job description

At Cotality, we are driven by a single mission—to make the property industry faster, smarter, and more people-centric. Cotality is the trusted source for property intelligence, with unmatched precision, depth, breadth, and insights across the entire ecosystem. Our talented team of 5,000 employees globally uses our network, scale, connectivity and technology to drive the largest asset class in the world. Join us as we work toward our vision of fueling a thriving global property ecosystem and a more resilient society.

Cotality is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work culture that inspires innovation and bold thinking; it's a place where you can collaborate, feel valued, develop skills and directly impact the real estate economy. We know our people are our greatest asset. At Cotality, you can be yourself, lift people up and make an impact. By putting clients first and continuously innovating, we're working together to set the pace for unlocking new possibilities that better serve the property industry.

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with proven geospatial expertise to join our Location Services team. You will design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, high-performance location-based services and geospatial capabilities that power critical workflows across Cotality.

The Senior Software Engineer operates with strong technical autonomy within the team and owns complex geospatial features and services from conception through to production. You will work closely with Principal Engineers, product managers, and partner engineering teams to deliver high-quality geospatial solutions that align with our technical architecture and business priorities.

This role is a hybrid position (1 day a week in the office and 4 days working from home) to be based from any of Cotality's US offices: Dallas, Austin, Irvine, or San Diego.

Technical Design & Development

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, low-latency, and highly available backend services within the Location Services platform.
• Lead the component-level design of new geospatial features and APIs, and contribute to broader architectural discussions.
• Apply geospatial expertise to data modeling, spatial indexing, querying, and processing, writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
• Evaluate and adopt modern tools, libraries, and patterns that improve team productivity and service performance.

Service Ownership & Delivery

• Own the end-to-end delivery of key geospatial components, features, and microservices, from technical specification to production deployment.
• Break down complex requirements into well-scoped engineering tasks, estimating effort and managing technical risks.
• Ensure solutions meet strict standards for performance, location accuracy, data quality, reliability, and security.
• Contribute to team roadmap planning by providing technical feasibility assessments and constructive feedback.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with product managers, data engineers, and infrastructure teams to deliver cohesive location-based capabilities.
• Support partner engineering teams integrating with Location Services APIs through clear documentation and technical guidance.
• Help resolve cross-service integration challenges to ensure smooth end-to-end system behavior.

Operational Excellence

• Implement robust observability, monitoring, and alerting to maintain high availability and fault tolerance across geospatial services.
• Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot production issues, and conduct root-cause analyses to drive lasting preventative fixes.
• Champion automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and reliability engineering practices within the team.

Mentorship & Engineering Culture

• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, design discussions, and constructive code reviews, and share geospatial best practices.
• Uphold high standards for engineering rigor, system documentation, and operational readiness.
• Promote a collaborative, pragmatic engineering culture focused on continuous improvement and customer impact.

Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong track record of delivering production backend systems.
• Demonstrated hands-on geospatial experience
• Prior experience building or working on location-based services, mapping platforms, or spatial data pipelines in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience designing and building scalable distributed systems and RESTful/gRPC APIs.
• Strong proficiency in one or more backend programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python, or Go).
• Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with real-time or near-real-time location processing pipelines.
• Familiarity with geospatial tooling and standards (e.g., GDAL, GeoServer, OGC standards, GeoJSON).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with asynchronous messaging and data streaming (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub).
• Experience with performance tuning, load testing, and reliability engineering.

Annual Pay Range

111,900 - 160,000 USD

Application Window

This opportunity is expected to remain posted through the date identified below, subject to business needs.

2026-11-04

Thrive with Cotality

At Cotality, we offer more than just a job, we provide a benefits experience designed to support your whole self. From a flexible working model to competitive time off and standout health coverage with meaningful perks and growth opportunities, our package is built to help you thrive at work and in life.

• Time off: Generous PTO and 11 paid holidays, plus well-being and volunteer time off.
• Family Support: Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a baby stipend.
• Health: Multiple medical plan options with mental health and wellness support offerings.
• Retirement: 401(k) with company match and vesting after one year.
• Financial Perks: $400 annual well-being stipend and tuition assistance up to $5,250.
• Extras: Recognition Rewards, Referral bonuses, exclusive discounts and more!

Cotality is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining the best-qualified people available, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or status as a veteran of the Armed Forces, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Cotality maintains a Drug-Free Workplace.

Cotality is fully committed to a work environment that embraces everyone’s unique contributions, experiences and values. We offer an empowered work environment that encourages creativity, initiative and professional growth and provides a competitive salary and benefits package. We are better together when we support and recognize our differences.

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