Lead Software Engineer, AI Automation

CoStar Group

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Work type
On-site
Location
Richmond, VA
Salary
$152,000–$202,000 / yr
Posted
13 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $177k
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This role pays less than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $185,500–$228,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $207k for comparable roles.

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About CoStar Group

CoStar Group is the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces, including CoStar, Apartments.com, and LoopNet platforms. Industry: Commercial Real Estate Data & Analytics

CoStar Group currently has 65 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $133,000–$190,000 across 63 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Software Engineer, AI Automation

Lead Software Engineer, AI Automation joins the Web Enterprise team to design, build, and evolve software platforms supporting a proprietary CRM ecosystem and enterprise applications. This role involves providing technical leadership and architectural direction while championing AI-assisted development practices to improve code quality, platform reliability, and developer productivity. The engineer will develop intelligent solutions including agents, copilots, and workflow automations to streamline business processes and enhance product experiences. Key responsibilities include implementing automated testing frameworks and leveraging AI for observability, anomaly detection, and data quality improvements like deduplication and entity resolution. Required technical skills include TypeScript, C#, .NET, React, SQL Server, Elasticsearch, and AWS. The role focuses on solving complex challenges in the real estate information and online marketplace domain by integrating large language models, agent frameworks, and AI orchestration tools into scalable, cloud-native systems.

What you'll do

  • Provide technical leadership, architectural direction, and delivery ownership for a portfolio of software products and platforms.
  • Champion AI-assisted development practices to improve developer productivity, code quality, and engineering efficiency.
  • Implement AI-powered observability, monitoring, and anomaly detection to improve system resiliency and incident response.
  • Design and govern AI-powered solutions including agents, copilots, and workflow automations for internal and customer-facing products.
  • Identify and implement intelligent solutions to streamline workflows and reduce manual effort across business operations.
  • Establish and enforce engineering best practices regarding security, scalability, and operational excellence.
  • Ensure all AI implementations comply with established security, privacy, and governance standards.
  • Apply modern quality management practices to deliver reliable, maintainable, and defect-resistant software solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field from an accredited institution.
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including full-stack application development.
  • Hands-on experience with TypeScript, C#, .NET, React, SQL Server, Elasticsearch, and AWS.
  • Proven experience delivering and scaling successful software products throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Experience evaluating, adopting, or developing AI-powered solutions, LLMs, agent frameworks, and AI orchestration tools.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, API design, and scalable application development.
  • Knowledge of observability, monitoring, telemetry analysis, and automated incident detection platforms.
  • Authorization to work full-time in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

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