CoStar Suite - Senior CMS Software Engineer

CoStar Suite - Senior CMS Software Engineer

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Job Description

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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 and the NASDAQ 100, 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.   

CoStar  

CoStar is the global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics and news. Commercial Real Estate industry professionals around the globe use CoStar to access the most comprehensive data to make decisions with confidence. CoStar delivers immediate, verified commercial real estate information on over 5.9 million properties across every market.   

Learn more about CoStar.  

As CoStar’s next CMS Software Engineer, you will help deliver commercial and residential real estate news to millions of users. Our article content is tightly integrated with all of our product offerings, driving and enhancing our user experience. You will continuously learn emerging technologies and architecture advancements and apply the learnings to improve CoStar’s software products. We are searching for an exceptional Senior CMS Engineer in Washington DC to support CoStar’s news and content management.

  

This position is located in Washington, DC and offers a schedule of 3 days onsite, 2 days remote. 

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high performance content management systems and frontend web applications used by thousands of users globally
• Drive continuous improvement by focusing on engineering excellence 
• Influence CI/CD pipeline improvements
• Collaborate closely with other Software Engineers across the organization.
• Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends and best practices that can be used to strengthen CoStar’s technology platform and development practices 
• Develop and maintain an in-depth working knowledge of the CRE Industry and CoStar’s business model / technology
• Act as "Voice of the Customer" when participating in product readiness reviews   

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit university or college.  
• A track record of commitment to prior employers 
• 5+ years of production development experience
• 3+ years working with modern content management technologies like Drupal, Brightspot, and Joomla
• Demonstration of in-depth understanding of content management system development, such as sophisticated module creation, heavy customization/integration, or core platform contribution
• A demonstrable track record of building and launching successful products and platforms
• Experience with cloud technologies like AWS, Cloud Managed Services, etc.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum processes, and Continuous delivery practices
• Experienced in unit, performance, and automation testing
• Deeply understand what drives the business for which you are building software
• Take an active role in mentoring developers with ability to build consensus

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience managing a large Enterprise level code base, code quality and dependencies
• Experience with modern web technologies like React, Angular, C#, NodeJS, OpenSearch
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Commercial Real Estate (CRE) knowledge is a bonus 

What’s in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture worki