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Manager, Software Engineering Job Description
Technical Manager - CoStar Group - Washington, DC OVERVIEW CoStar delivers real-time, verified commercial real estate data that helps clients confidently spot great opportunities and make smart choices ahead of competitors. By combining the power of CoStar's independent research organization - the industry's largest - with global data delivery, software, and application solutions, clients can act on opportunities with confidence. CoStar is looking for a Manager of Software Engineering within our Internal Systems group based in our Washington, DC Headquarters to lead a team of approximately 5-7 people. You will be responsible for providing project definition and implementation through hands-on management of a software development team leveraging Agile Scrum development and project management best practices. RESPONSIBILITIES- Lead a software development team (approximately 5-7 people)
- Influence system architecture and help drive integration of new technologies
- Coordinate the activities and deliverables across the team while resolving issues and ensuring appropriate priorities
- Act as a player coach with 5+ years of industry experience managing multiple project development teams working on multiple concurrent projects
- Mentor and manage team members in the normal execution of their responsibilities
- Interact regularly with technology and business leaders
- Conduct ongoing and in-depth needs analysis with client to obtain detailed business requirements
- Translate business requirements into technical requirements, develop project plan and work schedules for use by scrum development team
- Successfully implement software development projects to specification and within scheduled timelines and budget parameters
- Ensure proper software development practices are followed and provide guidance and/or assistance when necessary
- Provide status reports and feedback to business / technology leadership
- Act as release manager to ensure product components are released for production deployment as tested
- Drive continuous improvement within Scrum team by focusing on engineering excellence
- Work with recruiting to identify, hire and onboard top industry talent
- Manage up or out any team members that are performing below expectation of position.
- Coach, motivate, train and retain "A Players"
- Develop and maintain an in-depth working knowledge of the CRE Industry and CoStar's business model / technology
- Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends and best practices that can be used to strengthen CoStar's technology platform and development practices
- Act as "Voice of the Customer" when participating in product readiness reviews
- Bachelor's Degree
- 3+ years of technical / development team management experience
- Strong awareness of modern technologies, e.g. React, Angular, JavaScript, ElasticSearch, C#, NodeJS, Cypress, Kafka, MongoDB, SQL Server, Kibana, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Cloud Managed Services, etc.
- High proficiency in testing methodology, Agile methodology, test documentation procedures and QA Best Practices
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and look at code / data to determine problems and solutions
- Prior experience developing / configuring solutions in modern technologies including: React, Angular, JavaScript, ElasticSearch, C#, NodeJS, Cypress, Kafka, MongoDB, SQL Server, Kibana, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Cloud Managed Services, etc.
- Prior experience in delivering financial / regulated systems
- Commercial Real Estate (CRE) knowledge is a bonus
- Prior experience with internet marketplaces or data rich businesses is also a bonus
- 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, compromise and consensus building abilities
- Ability to motivate and build high performance software development teams
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
- Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
- 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, as well as Segways and bikes available for use during the day
- Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, prepared foods, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
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