Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer Job Description

• As a CoStar Group Software Engineer you will be working on highly visible applications used by millions of consumers across CoStar Groups subsidiaries. Our product group in Austin, TX is currently seeking a software engineer to join our product team supporting continual growth and development of our industry-leading Apartments.com, ApartmentFinder.com, ForRent.com and ApartmentHomeLiving.com web sites. Work together with a 'startup-minded' development team delivering innovative web and business applications. Work is conducted using Ruby on Rails, C#, React, Python, and JavaScript, with most project code running on Linux.
  Responsibilities and Skills:
  • Development of website and software using the above-mentioned technologies.
  • Building applications with innovative use of open source software.
  • Best-practice software engineering for performance, maintainability, and stability.
  • Design and development of AJAX components.
  • Competence with Git or similar version control system and experience with SDLC.
  • Ability to move back and forth between detailed collaboration or independent engineering work.
  Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree completed
  • 4+ years of experience using a language such as C#, Ruby on Rails, Python, or PHP.
  • Competence on a Linux development stack.
  • Experience using cloud components / Amazon EC2.
  • Demonstrated competence with SQL.
  • Demonstrated creativity and problem solving.
  • Proficiency with JavaScript
  Preferred Qualifications:
  • High-level proficiency in web applications development.
  • Ability to visualize and explain complex ideas and build agreement around those ideas with an experienced technical team.
  • Strong knowledge of technical ecosystems & architecture (dev-ops, caching strategies, networking, performance optimization, network topologies, load balancing, SDLC practices)
  WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:Working at CoStar Group means you'll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. In addition to generous compensation and performance-based incentives, you'll be supported in both your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):
  • 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)
  • Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, prepared foods, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
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