Job Description
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, 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 seeking a Software Engineer II who excels at designing and architecting modern web applications. This engineer would support our Web Enterprise team in building the software tools that power our proprietary CRM platform and support our sales and research teams across Homes.com, Costar.com, Apartments.com, LoopNet.com, and more.
CoStar is investing heavily in artificial intelligence to accelerate software delivery, improve platform observability, automate research and business workflows, enhance product experiences through intelligent agents and skills, and improve data quality across enterprise systems. Successful candidates will demonstrate a willingness to learn, adopt, and apply AI technologies responsibly to solve complex business and engineering challenges.
This position is located in Richmond, VA and is in office Monday through Thursday with work from home on Friday.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain engaging, responsive, and high-performance web applications using React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
- Design and implement AI-powered software solutions that enhance the customer experience, improve platform intelligence, and unlock new product capabilities across CoStar brands.
- Build and integrate AI skills, agents, tools, and intelligent workflows into internal systems and customer-facing applications.
- Build reusable, scalable, and secure UI components and libraries with a focus on maintainability and performance.
- Collaborate with Product, Research, and Data teams to identify opportunities where AI-driven automation can create business value and improve decision-making.
- Contribute to and maintain shared component libraries and front-end architecture.
- Write comprehensive unit and integration tests using tools like Jest, React Testing library.
- Participate actively in code reviews, pair programming, and agile ceremonies.
- Take an active role in mentoring other developers.
- Be a subject matter expert in front-end technology stack.
- Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices that can be leveraged to strengthen CoStar’s technology platform and development practices.
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.
- Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, or agent-based architectures.
- 3+ years of production development experiencing using modern front-end frameworks.
- Strong proficiency in React.js, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS.
- Deep understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and responsive design.
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and familiarity with front-end build tools (e.g., Webpack, Babel).
- Strong grasp of web standards, accessibility, and security best practices.
- Experience working in Agile development environments.
- Experience in unit, performance and automation testing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with any state management libraries like Redux, Context API.
- Experience implementing AI agents, workflow automation platforms, or intelligent search solutions.
- Experience applying AI-assisted software development practices to improve engineering productivity and code quality.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control using Git.
- Experience with .NET Core and SQL Server with the ability to integrate front-end components into a scalable, secure, and maintainable backend architecture
- Experience with Relational Database Management Systems (SQL Server) and Document Data Systems (Dynamo, Elastic Search) a plus.
- Comfortable working across the stack with Node.js on the server-side
- Nice to have experience with AWS S3, Lambda, SQS, Kafka, Redis.
The final salary or hourly rate offered for this role will fall within the range set forth below based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.
Base Compensation: $108,000 - $140,000 Annually
We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing
CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited in-person university or college
- 3+ years of production development using modern front-end frameworks
- Strong proficiency in React.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS
- Deep understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and responsive design
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and familiarity with front-end build tools (Webpack, Babel)
- Experience in unit, performance and automation testing (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library)
- Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, or agent-based architectures
- Strong grasp of web standards, accessibility, and security best practices
- Experience working in Agile development environments
- Demonstrated track record of commitment to prior employers
- Experience with state management libraries like Redux or Context API
- Experience implementing AI agents, workflow automation platforms, or intelligent search solutions
- Experience applying AI-assisted software development practices
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control using Git
- Experience with .NET Core and SQL Server and integrating front-end into backend architectures
- Experience with Relational DBMS (SQL Server) and document/datastore systems (Dynamo, Elastic Search)
- Comfortable working across the stack with Node.js on the server-side
- Experience with AWS services (S3, Lambda, SQS), Kafka, Redis
CoStar Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CoStar Group and has not been reviewed or approved by CoStar Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as extensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans, with additional life and supplementary insurance options. Mental health counseling and wellness incentives are also part of the package, reinforcing the sense of strong health support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle perks include commuter and gym reimbursements and daily lunch, alongside office snacks/drinks and company social events. Fitness stipends and wellness programs add to the perceived day-to-day value of the rewards package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Opportunities to become a shareholder via stock-related programs are highlighted as a meaningful element of total rewards. Equity and employee stock purchase options are positioned as an additional path to value beyond base pay.
CoStar Group Insights
What We Do
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology. Founded in 1986, CoStar Group is dedicated to digitizing the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives. CoStar Group’s major brands include CoStar, a leading global provider of commercial real estate data, analytics, and news; LoopNet, the most trafficked commercial real estate marketplace; Apartments.com, the leading platform for apartment rentals; Homes.com, the fastest-growing residential real estate marketplace; and Domain, one of Australia’s leading property marketplaces. CoStar Group’s industry-leading brands also include Matterport, a leading spatial data company whose platform turns buildings into data to make every space more valuable and accessible, STR, a global leader in hospitality data and benchmarking; Ten-X, an online platform for commercial real estate auctions and negotiated bids; and OnTheMarket, a leading residential property portal in the United Kingdom.
