Technology Lead
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 and the NASDAQ 100, 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.
Domain is a leading property technology and services marketplace that is home to one of the largest portfolios of property brands in Australia, including the Domain, Allhomes and Commercial Real Estate (CRE) platforms. In 2025, Domain became part of CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces and +3D digital twin technology. Together, Domain and CoStar Group is dedicated to digitising the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives.
The Technology Lead provides end-to-end visibility across various technical domains and facilitates collaboration among technical SMEs. Evaluates technical feasibility and options for the solution. Helps identify low-level dependencies, technical risks, and mitigation options and ensures technical health of the asset and adherence to a technical debt budget. Works with the Product Owner to deliver product roadmap and drive value using technology.
Work closely with the Product Manager and/or Designer to establish technical requirements and lead the technical direction of the work. The role involves setting (and continuously improving) technical standards and relevant patterns for software delivery.
Ensures smooth running of the delivery team, focused on quality and delivery excellence. Provides leadership to developers on principles and practices, ensures consistency in approach. Leads by example in building quality in, aligned with product vision and value.
The Group’s mission is to empower real estate agents by providing them with a seamless and integrated suite of SaaS products, including Real Time Agent, Realhub and Campaigntrack. We aim to deliver the best possible user experience by creating powerful, modern tools that save agents time and allow them to focus on what matters most—serving their clients. Through continuous innovation, including the development of AI-driven features and insights, our goal is to become an indispensable partner in the success of every agent.
This role sits within the RTA (https://www.realtimeagent.com.au/) Core Squad that is responsible for building and operating the core platform of the Real Time Agent product which supports Agents to provide a digital contracts experience to their vendors and purchasers.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Product and Design on team roadmap and priorities
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Execute and deliver on the roadmap in collaboration with Product and Design
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Direct line management for all the engineers in the squad.
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Drive work and epic breakdown for effective estimation, capacity planning and delivery
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Manage and unblock technical dependencies with other teams where required
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Champion and adopt Engineering best practices
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Accountable to the System Health and Tech debt backlog for their respectively owned service
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Improve engineering efficiency for their respective team
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Accountable to reporting on delivery metrics for their respective team
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Mentor and coach software engineers in progressive engineering practices
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Be an ambassador for the Engineering brand internally and externally
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Elevate and escalate to tech leaders where large investment in tech debt and tech initiatives is required
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Build a deep understanding of their product and business domain
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Hands-on where necessary with a focus on initiatives that will help 10x the team
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Performs code reviews where necessary
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Facilitate team ceremonies where necessary
Experience:
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Experience designing software solutions for scale
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Experience with either high traffic customer facing websites and/or complex mobile apps
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Experience optimising engineering practices and processes
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Evidence of data informed decision making
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Experience working with one of the common Cloud Platforms such as AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
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Experience implementing DevOps practices and CI/CD
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Experience working in Agile environments
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Experience mentoring more junior engineers
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Experience leading a team of engineers
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Experience working in triads (Product, Design and Tech)
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Deep expertise in at least one programming language and tech stack
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Understands shift-left testing and how to implement it in practice
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Familiar with Functional and Object Oriented programming
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Familiar with Document and Relational data persistence models
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Familiar with Cloud Design patterns
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Familiar with TDD, BDD and Domain Driven design
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Familiar with synchronous (API) and async (Messaging) integration patterns
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Familiar with modern Application Security Practices (OWASP)
Education and Certifications
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Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering related field
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[BONUS] AWS (or other Cloud Platform) Certification
Group/Squad specific experiences:
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Experience with Python and/or Typescript for distributed, mission critical backend services
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Highly regarded additional experience:
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React or other modern web frontend frameworks
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Swift or iOS app ecosystem experience or exposure
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AWS CDK / DevOps
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PostgreSQL
CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing
