About the posting
“We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Sales Development team and contribute to our AI initiatives within our CRM platform.”
Read the full posting on CoStar Group's site
Seen live Oct 23, 2026; first seen Oct 7, 2026.
Pay in context
This posting lists $130,000 to $170,000 a year, a midpoint of $150,000.
The midpoint is higher than 16 percent of software engineering postings in Richmond, VA area that list pay.
How long it has been open
Posted Oct 6, 2026, 18 days ago, and seen on CoStar Group's careers page today.
At 18 days old, it is under the 23-day median.
CoStar Group's postings we have seen close took a median of 7 days.
CoStar Group at a glance
CoStar Group has 250 open postings that we can see, 39 in software engineering; 51 percent list pay.
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Seniority
Level: senior.
Place and cost of living
On site in Richmond, VA area; prices in VA run 1 percent above the US average.
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The software engineering market in Richmond, VA area
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From CoStar Group's posting
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Senior Software Engineer
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.
Our team is responsible for building software in support of CoStar Group's sales teams. We think big, building innovative CRM features that empower our sales teams' success. We are a collaborative group with a mix of native mobile, data, API / platform, and front-end skills, and we are working to drive our company's future with our proprietary CRM system. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Sales Development team and contribute to our AI initiatives within our CRM platform.
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 offers a schedule of Monday to Thursday in office and the option to work from home on Friday.
Responsibilities
- Building customer-facing web applications using React and TypeScript.
- 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.
- Produce bullet-proof code that is robust, efficient, and maintainable; our primary tools are C#, .NET Framework, SQL Server, AWS.
- Utilize AI models to enhance monitoring, replayability, observability, and diagnostic capabilities to improve system reliability, accelerate problem resolution, and reduce operational risk.
- Implement telemetry-driven solutions that proactively identify anomalies, performance bottlenecks, and potential customer-impacting issues.
- Drive and lead software design, development standards, and code reviews.
- Build intelligent automation solutions that streamline research workflows, improve information discovery, and increase operational efficiency across business functions.
- Collaborate with Product, Sales, and Data teams to identify opportunities where AI-driven automation can create business value and improve decision-making.
- Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices that can be leveraged to strengthen CoStar’s technology platform and develop best practices.
- Develop comprehensive application testing procedures to ensure high-quality applications for tens of thousands of users.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college / university
- 6+ years of software development experience with OOP languages
- Demonstrated experience in architecting, designing and building large scale distributed, service-oriented systems and web applications in an agile environment
- Experience building RESTful APIs using C#
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
- Understanding AI technologies and has hands-on experience in AI adoption and development.
- Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, or agent-based architectures.
- Familiarity with CI/CD deployment processes
- A track record of commitment to prior employers
Preferred Qualifications and Skills
- Strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners).
- SQL and database development knowledge.
- Familiarity with AWS PaaS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, and SQS.
- Data modeling experience from conceptual, logical, and physical designs.
- 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.
What's in it for you? When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.
We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training and tuition reimbursement.
Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to)
- 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)
- Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups
- Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
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: $130,000 - $170,000 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