We are seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to own the architecture and design of our software systems, from full stack web products to high-volume, secure data pipelines. The role includes design of new greenfield systems and guiding the ongoing architectural evolution of our current solutions.
Requirements
- Work in partnership with Product and Technology leadership to deeply understand a project’s complex functional requirements and drive implementation of appropriate technical solutions.
- Collaborate with development teams to determine the right architectural direction based on project needs, level of effort, resourcing, timing, etc.
- Understand existing systems and ensure they are well documented, so that you become a go-to source of architectural information across multiple systems.
- Act as an architectural subject matter expert and source of good advice to technical leadership and developers.
- Drive and evangelize architectural principles and guidelines to ensure high quality, consistent results across teams.
- Partner with engineering managers to ensure that they are following established architectural best practices.
- Create, organize, and maintain architectural diagrams and other system documentation.
- Provide architectural guidance and mentoring to other technical staff on topics such as microservices, micro-frontends, high-volume data streaming / event processing, etc.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies, evaluate and development practices and identify how they might improve existing or new systems we are building.
- Develop a deep understanding of the CoStar business, and how the technical work we are doing aligns with that strategy.
- Advocate for and design solutions that are well-instrumented, so that we are confident we are building stable, high-performance products.
- Be a go-to resource in the understanding and diagnosis of complex performance, scalability, and reliability issues.
- Be an advocate for security and ensure that we are architecting and building secure software products and platforms.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
- Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
- Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
- Commuter and parking benefits
- 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
- Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
- Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
