Senior Software Engineer

CoStar Group

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Richmond, VA
Salary
$130,500–$170,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
92 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays less than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$178,175 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $150k versus about $164k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 59 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $133,000–$190,000 across 59 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer joins the Web Enterprise team to build software tools powering a proprietary CRM platform for various real estate brands. This role involves designing and architecting modern web applications, developing responsive high-performance interfaces, and implementing AI-powered solutions to enhance platform intelligence and automate business workflows. The engineer will build reusable UI components, integrate AI agents, and maintain front-end architecture while collaborating with Product and Data teams. Key technologies include React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, alongside tools like Jest, React Testing Library, Webpack, and Babel. Candidates must understand RESTful APIs, LLMs, prompt engineering, and agent-based architectures. The work focuses on solving complex engineering challenges by integrating intelligent workflows into internal systems and customer-facing applications to improve data quality and decision-making.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $165000 from 125 postings across 23 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain high-performance web applications using React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
  • Design and implement AI-powered software solutions to enhance customer experience and platform intelligence.
  • Integrate AI skills, agents, and intelligent workflows into internal systems and customer-facing applications.
  • Build reusable, scalable, and secure UI components and front-end architecture libraries.
  • Write comprehensive unit and integration tests using Jest and React Testing Library.
  • Mentor other developers and serve as a subject matter expert in the front-end technology stack.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies to identify trends and best practices for the company's technology platform.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited, not for profit, in person, university or college.
  • 5+ years of production development experience using modern front-end frameworks.
  • Strong proficiency in React.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
  • Deep understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, responsive design, and web standards.
  • Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, or agent-based architectures.
  • Experience in Agile development environments and with unit, performance, and automation testing.
  • Experience with .NET Core and SQL Server to integrate front-end components into backend architectures (preferred).
  • Experience with AWS S3, Lambda, SQS, Kafka, or Redis (preferred).

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