Senior Data Engineer

02 Jul 2024

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Senior Data Engineer Job Description

OVERVIEW CoStar delivers real-time, verified commercial real estate data that helps clients confidently spot great opportunities and make smart choices ahead of competitors. By combining the power of CoStar's independent research organization - the industry's largest - with global data delivery, software, and application solutions, clients can act on opportunities with confidence.

The Analytics team is responsible for the development of CoStar's customer-facing Real Estate Analytics products. We think big, creating innovative data-intensive applications that take the vast amount of data collected by our CoStar Research teams to create a fast, reliable and intuitive analytics platform for our customers. We are a collaborative group with a mix of big data, API/platform and front-end skills, and we are growing rapidly to help invent the future of Real Estate Analytics.

We are searching for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our team and help us build the next generation of Analytics tools at CoStar. We have the industry's largest set of Commercial Real Estate property data, which lets us create innovative products while solving challenging data engineering problems, such as high-volume data ingestion, data cleansing, real-time modeling/publication and high-performance, high-availability consumption of all this information.

This position is in our San Diego, CA office and has the opportunity for hybrid work with up to two days remote per week. Four day work weeks are also an option for those applicants that are interested.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Designing, building, testing and deploying scalable, reusable and maintainable applications that handle large amounts of data.
  • Taking full ownership of your work, from development and testing, to eventual deployment and support in production.
  • Collaborating with other engineers, product owners, designers, and leadership.
  • Becoming a trusted team member in matters of technical architecture, design and code.
  • Advocating for evolution and improvement - both technical and non-technical - within our teams. Includes new tech, tools and best practices.
  • Gaining a deep understanding of the CoStar business, including the Analytic products.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's degree
  • A demonstrable track record of building and launching successful products that leverage terabytes of data
  • 5+ years of deep database engineering experience
  • 3+ years in data pipeline engineering experience
  • Ability to analyze technical requirements and design new architectures, data models and ETL strategies
  • Hands-on professional experience with AWS SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience with integration products like Glue, Lambda, AWS Data Pipeline, and/or Database migration services a plus.
  • Expertise database design, complex T-SQL programming, performance tuning and index analysis
  • Deliver work products that meets specifications, are free of defects, and have optimal performance
  • Define Database Architecture and Development best practices
  • Facilitate discussions among database developers to exchange ideas and introduce new database technologies
  • Evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends and best practices that can be leveraged to strengthen CoStar's technology platform and development practices.
  • Willingness to take an active role in mentoring other developers
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
  • Performance tuning of Postgres data queries
  • Experience using AWS services such as EC2, Glue, CloudWatch, Step Functions, etc.
  • Experience using Kafka
  • Knowledge and/or experience working with Databricks/Spark
OVERVIEW OF COMPANY Founded in 1987, CoStar Group is the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Our suite of online services enables clients to analyze, interpret and gain unmatched insight on commercial property values, market conditions and current availability. Behind some of the most well-known brands in the industry, CoStar Group includes CoStar, the largest provider of CRE research and real-time data; LoopNet, the most heavily trafficked mobile and online real estate marketplace; Apartments.com, the premier rental home resource for renters, property managers and owners; STR, the leading provider of performance benchmarking and comparative analytics to the hotel industry; BizBuySell, the largest online marketplace for businesses-for-sales; and Lands of America, the leading operator of online marketplaces for rural real estate.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, CoStar Group maintains offices throughout the U.S. and in Europe, Canada, and Asia with a staff of over 4,300 worldwide.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU Working at CoStar Group means you'll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. In addition to generous compensation and performance-based incentives, you'll be supported in both your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program. Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
  • Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
  • Commuter and parking benefits
  • 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid time off
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, prepared foods, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
Be part of a team of professionals enjoying the opportunity to learn, do, and grow in a rewarding atmosphere. But don't just take our word for it see why our team chose to work at and stay at CoStar Group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVbJRnJ2sX0

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar 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

  • ID: #43776016
  • State: California San diego 92101 San diego USA
  • City: San diego
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-07-02
  • Deadline: 2022-08-30
  • Category: Et cetera