Technical Manager, Software Engineering

CoStar; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(K) retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

On-site fitness center

Job summary

Visual Lease seeks a Technical Manager in Nashville, TN to drive software development. In this role, you will lead a cross-functional team, architect scalable applications, and collaborate with various stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has over 8 years of software development experience, including 5 years with distributed systems, and a Bachelor’s Degree. Benefits include healthcare coverage, a 401(K) plan, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years experience building large distributed, API-driven systems.
• 3+ years of experience leading agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional product development team to deliver amazing products.
• Architect, build, test, and deploy scalable applications handling large data.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, product owners, designers, and leadership.

Skills

C# and .NET expertise

Leading agile teams

Strong communication skills

Team building abilities

Motivating high-performance teams

Education

Bachelor’s Degree from accredited university

Tools

SQL Server

DynamoDB

Docker

Job description

Technical Manager, Software Engineering

Job Description

CoStar Group 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.

We are looking for a 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 have the opportunity to drive the technical strategy and architecture of our platform. This position is located in Nashville, TN and is onsite Monday – Thursday, with the option to work from home on Friday.

Responsibilities

• Leading a cross functional product development team to deliver amazing products to our customers, acting as a player/coach.
• Architecting, building, testing, and deploying scalable, reusable, and maintainable applications that handle large amounts of data.
• Taking full ownership of your work, from development and testing to eventual deployment and support in production.
• Collaborating with other engineering teams, product owners, designers, and leadership.
• Becoming a trusted team member in matters of technical architecture, design, and code.
• Advocating for evolution and improvement – both technical and non-technical – within our teams, including AI‑assisted development workflows, adoption of new tech/tools, and general best practices.
• Gaining a deep understanding of the CoStar business.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit, in‑person university or college.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years’ experience building large distributed, API‑driven systems.
• 3+ years of experience leading agile teams.
• Significant full‑stack experience, with deep expertise in C# and .NET (.NET core) development and expert‑level knowledge of modern server‑side languages and application frameworks (C#, .NET Framework, Web API, Node).
• Experience leading 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.
• Expertise with relational database (e.g., SQL Server) or NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB) systems.
• Expertise building common/shared JavaScript module packages.
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration.
• Commercial Real Estate (CRE) knowledge is a bonus.
• Experience leveraging AI‑assisted development workflows in a production environment, using tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude Code, to generate, review, and improve code.

What’s in it for You

• 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, Peloton, 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.

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