Senior Engineer

Posted 7 Days Ago
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Costa Mesa, CA, USA
In-Office
125K-147K Annually
Senior level
Real Estate
The Role
Lead the architecture and development of scalable full-stack, cloud-native, and AI-powered platforms. Guide multiple engineering squads, establish technical direction, oversee delivery quality, and drive secure, observable, resilient systems. Partner with product and executive stakeholders, mentor engineering teams, and make strategic architectural decisions across frontend, backend, infrastructure, data, and AI technologies.
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Job Title

Senior Engineer

Job Description Summary

Build the next generation of scalable, AI powered software with modern tools, cloud native systems, and world class engineering practices.
Cushman & Wakefield is investing heavily in modernizing and transforming its global technology platforms — and we are looking for an Engineering Lead who wants to own technical direction end to end. You will guide full stack teams using modern languages, advanced frameworks, and state of the art engineering tooling, creating platforms used by global clients across industries.
If you’re motivated by technical breadth, architectural influence, and building elite engineering teams — you’ll thrive here.

Job Description

Technology Strategy & Vision

  • Define multi‑year architectural direction across full‑stack systems, cloud platforms, and AI‑driven products — focusing on scale, resilience, security, and global performance.
  • Shape engineering roadmaps using best‑in‑class development stacks (e.g., TypeScript/Node.js, Python, Go, C#, React, Next.js, microservices, event‑driven architectures).
  • Foster a modern engineering culture emphasizing automation, craftsmanship, clean architecture, and continuous improvement.
  • Hands‑On Full‑Stack & Platform Engineering Leadership
  • Guide the design and development of solutions built with:
    • Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, micro‑frontends
    • Backend: Node.js, Python (FastAPI), Go, .NET Core, event‑driven microservices
    • Cloud & Infra: Azure (preferred), AWS, Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), serverless architectures, Terraform
    • Data & AI: Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Spark, MLflow, vector databases, LLM integration
    • APIs: GraphQL, gRPC, REST at scale
  • Drive innovation by embedding AI/ML, automation, prompt engineering, intelligent workflows, and data interoperability into core products.

Execution, Quality & Delivery Excellence

  • Champion excellence through best practices
  • Enterprise‑grade CI/CD (Azure DevOps, ArgoCD)
  • Automated testing, contract testing, and quality gates
  • Observability platforms (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, New Relic, Datadog)
  • Secure‑by‑design principles, threat modeling, zero trust patterns
  • Oversee engineering delivery across multiple squads — ensuring consistency, velocity, and reliability.

Architecture, Governance & Platform Integrity

  • Lead architectural reviews and key design decisions across services, domains, and integrations.
  • Establish patterns for scalability, fault tolerance, global data compliance, and cost optimization.
  • Maintain high standards in coding, cloud security, API governance, and data interoperability.

Stakeholder Alignment & Technical Influence

  • Partner with Product, Architecture, Operations, and Client Technology to prioritize work, unblock teams, and drive outcomes.
  • Represent engineering in executive and governance forums with clarity around architectural options, tradeoffs, and investment needs.
  • Translate complex engineering realities into clear business insights that support strategic decision‑making.

Technical Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years leading technical teams or engineering managers.
  • Deep experience with modern full‑stack development, cloud-native systems, distributed architectures, and high‑scale platforms.
  • Hands-on expertise with several advanced languages and frameworks such as:
  • Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, C#, Java, Rust (bonus), SQL/NoSQL stacks
  • React, Next.js, Node.js, FastAPI, .NET, Angular Core, microservices, container orchestration (Kubernetes)
  • Strong command of DevOps, CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, and observability.
  • Leadership Competencies
  • Strategic engineering thinker who balances innovation with disciplined execution.
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers, grow high‑performing teams, and attract top talent.
  • Ability to influence across product, business, and technical leadership.
  • Comfortable making architectural decisions that require both technical depth and business awareness.
  • Bonus Experience (Highly Attractive)
  • AI/ML product integration, LLM orchestration, or intelligent agent frameworks.
  • Distributed event streaming (Kafka, EventHub), CQRS/event‑sourcing patterns.
  • Experience building platforms used across global organizations.




Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.


The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.


The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.


The compensation for the position is: $ 124,780.00 - $146,800.00

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [email protected]. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • 3+ years leading technical teams or engineering managers
  • Deep experience with modern full-stack development, cloud-native systems, distributed architectures, and high-scale platforms
  • Hands-on expertise with several advanced programming languages, frameworks, databases, and container orchestration technologies
  • Strong command of DevOps, CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, and observability
  • Experience mentoring engineers, developing high-performing teams, and influencing technical and business leadership
  • Experience with AI/ML product integration, LLM orchestration, or intelligent agent frameworks
  • Experience with distributed event streaming, Kafka, EventHub, CQRS, or event-sourcing patterns
  • Experience building platforms used across global organizations
  • Rust experience

Cushman & Wakefield Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cushman & Wakefield and has not been reviewed or approved by Cushman & Wakefield.

  • Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is consistently referenced as part of the package. Feedback suggests this provides a solid baseline for long‑term savings across many U.S. roles.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and company holidays are regularly highlighted and described as a meaningful part of the offering. Feedback suggests time‑off benefits add tangible value alongside base pay.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers, plus backup care and wellbeing resources, are described as available. These offerings indicate a supportive approach to family needs in many roles.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
53,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1917

What We Do

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global real estate services firm that delivers exceptional value for real estate occupiers and owners. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest real estate services firms with approximately 53,000 employees in 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2019, the firm had revenue of $8.8 billion across core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, valuation and other services.

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