Team Lead, Software Engineering, Data Transformation

CoStar Group

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Work type
On-site
Location
Richmond, VA
Salary
$155,000–$203,000 / yr
Posted
22 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $179k
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This role pays less than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $189,350–$223,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $179k 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 · Team Lead, Software Engineering, Data Transformation

Team Lead, Software Engineering - Data Transformation will lead a new team within the finance tech organization to build next-generation data transformation pipelines, services, and integrations. This hands-on leadership role involves managing engineers, owning deliverables, and overseeing the architecture of systems that process financial data from various sources into a repeatable, configurable state for enterprise contracting. The candidate will design and implement backend services, APIs, and integration frameworks while ensuring production reliability through monitoring and incident response. Required skills include advanced SQL, data modeling, and proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, or C#/.NET. Experience with distributed processing engines like Databricks or Spark, cloud warehouses such as Snowflake or BigQuery, and orchestration tools like Airflow is essential. The role addresses the challenge of standardizing billing systems to improve visibility into patterns and errors across billions of dollars in annual payments.

What you'll do

  • Manage and grow a team of data and software engineers through hiring, coaching, and performance management.
  • Own the end-to-end delivery of data transformation pipelines, services, and integrations for financial systems.
  • Design and implement scalable architectures for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and backend API services.
  • Participate in hands-on coding, including the development of pipelines, services, and code reviews.
  • Manage production support responsibilities, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and ensuring system reliability.
  • Establish high standards for engineering practices such as CI/CD, testing, documentation, and security.
  • Coordinate with product management and other engineering teams to manage project scope, risks, and timelines.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college or university.
  • 6+ years of software or data engineering experience.
  • 2+ years of experience leading a team as a manager, team lead, or senior individual contributor setting technical direction.
  • Advanced SQL and strong data modeling skills including dimensional/star schema, normalized, or Data Vault.
  • Proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, or C#/.NET.
  • Experience with distributed processing engines, cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks), and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow).
  • Experience designing full applications including back-end services, APIs, and integrations using established design patterns.
  • Experience with production systems involving CI/CD in a major cloud environment (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and incident response.

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